Original sentence: Following the 1980 election, in which Robert Mugabe defeated Muzorewa in what was widely agreed to have been fraudulant elections racked with violence and intimidation from Mugabe's supporters, Smith became Leader of the Opposition, and his party was renamed the Republican Front.For Ian Smith the former British Conservative Party leader, see Iain Duncan Smith.Smith always maintained, however, that there was no consitutional inhibitor to blacks entering the political process; there was, however, prevent terrorist groups.Smith was staunchly opposed to Britain's interference with Rhodesia and prospect that he prepare to transfer political control of the colony to the the black nationalist groups which at the time were responsible for terrorism, at one point stating that there would be no black majority rule in his lifetime (on account of the terrorist activities of nationalist groups).The neutrality of this article is disputed.The numerous international sanctions that were imposed eventually proved too difficult for the new country to withstand however, even though many veiw Rhodesia's coping with them for so long as remarkable; in 1979 Smith agreed to hold multi-racial elections.This brought widespread international condemnation, however, and even the apartheid goervnment in South Africa did not at first recognise the new state
Edited sentence: Following the 1980 election, in which Robert Mugabe defeated Muzorewa, Smith became Leader of the Opposition, and his party was renamed the Republican Front.For Ian Smith, the former British Conservative Party leader, see Iain Duncan Smith.Smith was staunchly opposed to Britain's insistance that he prepare to transfer political control of the colony to the black majority, at one point stating that there would be no black majority rule in his lifetime.The numerous international sanctions that were imposed proved too difficult for the new country to withstand however, and in 1979 Smith agreed to hold multi-racial elections.This brought widespread international condemnation, and even the apartheid regime in South Africa did not recognise the new state