Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has rejected the Western criticism of his disputed 31 July re-election and vowed to move ahead with nationalist economic policies.
According to News24, Mugabe said that Zanu-PF party's victory is a blow to Britain.
Mugabe alleged that British and their allies have supported Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the southern African state.
Earlier, the election observers from the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) had broadly approved the presidential and parliamentary elections, but the poll had been questioned from the West.
Meanwhile, Africa's oldest leader at 89, who has ruled the former Rhodesia since independence in 1980, claimed that Western governments had pledged to consider lifting sanctions if the elections were free and fair.
Mugabe's main rival Tsvangirai had also rejected Mugabe's re-election as fraudulent.
Earlier, Tsvangirai had said that MDC will challenge the election outcome in court, alleging massive vote manipulation and intimidation by Mugabe' Zanu-PF party.
U.S., UK, Germany and Russia alongwith European Union had earlier criticized unfair polls against the will of the citizens.
He urged the government to consider policies aimed at increasing black ownership of the economy targeting foreign-owned mining companies and banks.
The constitution said that the courts must pass its ruling on the case within 14 days.
Mugabe will be sworn in as president only after the courts clears the legal challenges, which is most likely given Zanu-PF's dominance of the judiciary and the institutions of state in Zimbabwe.
