Government-controlled media in Zimbabwe criticised Friday general elections in former colonial power Britain, saying they were marred by a lack of transparency and fraud. dpa reported President Robert Mugabe's government has been stung by repeated criticism of its electoral processes by many Western governments, including Britain. The British government said parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe in March, won by Mugabe's ruling party, were flawed. In the leading story on the main evening news bulletin, state television said Britain's polls were marred by "a lack of transparency, suppression of media freedoms and fraud". Singling out the use of black ballot boxes and postal voting, reporters said Britain's electoral process "raises a lot of questions about the democracy preached by the British". British Prime Minister Tony Blair won Thursday's election, securing a third term in office. Mugabe has not disguised his dislike for Blair in recent years and campaigned for the March elections on an anti-Blair ticket, accusing the British prime minister of wanting to enslave Zimbabweans. ---SP 0105 Local Time 2205 GMT
