MDC undecided over run-off, Tsvangirai vows to return to Zimbabwe
International rights groups such as the Human Rights Watch have also noted an increase of violence - tortures, pillages, destruction of goods and killings of people - ever since the election results were announced.
Both Biti and Tsvangirai are presently staying out of Zimbabwe for fear of arrest.
However, some quarters of MDC feel that a run-off is imminent. But before agreeing to participate in a run-off, the opposition wants African leaders to insist on a properly verified vote count and an end to "state-sponsored violence" against its supporters, Khupe said.
"As long as this violence is escalating, how can we go into a run-off when people are being beaten and their homes are being burned-" she asked.
"We are not convinced there is need for a run-off considering that our win was outright. We have to discuss and assess the situation after thieves and burglars stole the election from us. In the very unlikely event of finding ourselves in a run-off, it will be a matter of burying ZANU-PF. We will win," Nelson Chamisa, spokesman, MDC, said.
A senior MDC official said that several possibilities were considered during a high-level MDC meeting on Saturday. However, the general view was that the run-off was inevitable and Tsvangirai should participate in it under the condition that the election process be monitored by a strong international observer mission and the election results be announced in 48 hours.
MDC is also likely to demand an end to the ongoing wave of violence in which at least 20 of its supporters have been killed and more than 1,000 homes burnt or destroyed.
"International supervision should be mandatory, the whole AU (African Union) should be allowed in. Over and above that there has to be an end to politically motivated violence," the MDC official said, on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, Tsvangirai, who is trying to gather support from the international community, has vowed that he will return to Zimbabwe and face the terror-wave unleashed by ZANU-PF.
"I will go back," Sunday Times quoted Tsvangirai as saying. "Mugabe acts as if Zimbabwe is his private fiefdom and doesn't care if he has to burn it down to keep power. We cannot allow that."
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