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Mugabe Declares July 31 Election Date For Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly circumvented Parliament and gazetted Statutory Instrument 85 of 2013 to proclaim the election date as July 31, 2013 setting a stage for a bruising fight with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Sources said Tsvangirai was only notified of the development this morning, 24 hours after he told civic society organisations that he held the keys to polls.
Tsvangirai had insisted on reforms before polls and he was hoping the Sadc Summit on Zimbabwe, scheduled for this Saturday in Maputo, would deal with the matter since Sadc is the guarantor of the unity government.
According to the Government Gazette, the nomination date is June 28, while elections will be on July 31.
Meanwhile Tsvangirai has called for an urgent press conference this afternoon on the matter.
We will keep you updated of the developments – Newsday.
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Cheelost
June 13, 2013 at 1:39 pm
Thats a well calculated move by old guard Mugabe. He did his homework and catches Morgan willowing in the rented seat of power. Now Morgan can see that though his unity with zanu-pf bought stability in zimbabwe, them game was then won by Mugabe. He became content with his awarded job ceremonial job and sadc which is also a chained dead dog. Mugabe remained controlling evrything and they gonna win the july elections come what may be.
isaac
June 13, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Denocracy is not only conducting elections every after five years but how tolerant one is as well. If Tsvrangirai is Mugabe’s Prime Minister,why not the notifying him before telling the civic society organisations? There is something terribly wrong in Zimbabwe.
UMUSUNGU
June 13, 2013 at 5:56 pm
tvswangarai balii mufumia pwaka kulii big rob ma legends ba game abo boi