老和山下的花环

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下面是来自CNN的新闻节选：

Anxiety was growing in Zimbabwe early Tuesday, three days after people in the African nation went to the polls to elect a new president and parliament.

Zimbabweans watch the results of weekend elections being broadcast on state television in Harare.

1 of 3 No official results have been released from Saturday's election in which President Robert Mugabe is facing the most formidable challenge to his 28-year rule from two opponents, including his former finance minister, Simba Makoni, who is running as an independent.

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change, led by presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai, announced Sunday that it had won enough votes in Saturday's presidential and parliamentary election to end the 84-year-old incumbent's reign.

But a group of non-governmental organizations monitoring the election released exit polling data Monday that indicated the race possibly headed for a runoff vote.

Noel Kututwa, chairman of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, said that his group's polling data gave Tsvangirai 49.4 percent of the vote -- short of the 51 percent needed to win. Mugabe was second with 41.8 percent, and Makoni third with 8.2 percent.

Election authorities have released no data on the presidential race. Government officials said it takes time to verify and "harmonize" the counts.

The United States, which has raised concerns about election fraud in the southern African country, called on Zimbabwe's government to make sure "the counting of the votes ... ensures the will of the people is heard," State Department spokesman Tom Casey said Monday.

这件事简单地说就是这样：津巴布韦——我们众多穷朋友中的一个——的大选投票结束了，然后就进入了艰难的计票阶段。没想到这个计票工作是如此之繁重，人们左等右等，官方结果就是出不来。作为竞选结果难产的回应，有关官员就说了下面这么一段妙不可言话：

Government officials said it takes time to verify and "harmonize" the counts.

多么智慧的说法——需要时间“和谐”一下选票。我真是佩服这位津巴布韦官员的智商和政治素养，竟然能把“和谐”这个外来词汇用的如此传神而幽默，客观上表达出创建和谐大选的高尚意愿，彼国精神文明建设质量之高，由此可见一斑。社会要和谐，文化要和谐，教育要和谐，国际之间要和谐，人民内部更要和谐。和谐机关，和谐企业，和谐街道，和谐医院，……厕所门口都要悬挂“创建和谐公厕”，现在，津国人民有有了新的创造：大选也要和谐了。大选，乃国之大计，直接关系到未来若干年国家是姓张还是姓李，这么大的事情，乱不得。君不见腐朽的美国，前总统的儿子下台，另一个前总统的老婆由粉墨登场，跟一个疑似性生活比较丰富的黑人同志打得不可开交，成何体统？成何体统啊？所以一定要take time to verify and harmonize the counts。只是不知道，选票这个东西应该怎么和谐，又由谁来和谐？是姓张的还是姓李的，抑或是另一个姓王的呢？或许这个并不重要，只要大方向对，走哪条路又有什么关系呢？反正是需要和谐一下，而且这个过程还要“takes time”，政府如此用心良苦，津人民幸甚。

和谐一下是对的，只是有一点总么都不明白：作为一个土地肥沃，矿产资源极其丰富，经济面临崩溃，通胀率以百分之若干万计的国家的管理者，在和谐大选之前，是不是应该挤点时间和谐一下就业率，犯罪率这些当务之急呢？