The ballot at the presidential elections in Zimbabwe started, regardless of the request of the opposition and the international community that it was repealed.

The level of electoral activity, however, is low and the vote is most likely to be won by the present head of state, which has already led the country for 28 years, 21 of which as a president.

The Government of the 84-year-old Robert Mugabe shunned any calls to withdraw from the vote after the candidate of the opposition Morgan Tsvangirai withhold votes as a sign of protest against the violence in the African country, and the electoral commission in Harare even issued an opinion that Tsvangirai had no legal reason to give up the elections, so they must be held.