Zimbabwe’s Run-Off Election Set For June 27
In an interview with Channel Africa, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission (ZEC), Judge George Chiweshe, says the run-off election will now be held on June 27. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the leader since independence in 1980, and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, are due to square off again after neither achieved over 50% of the vote needed for outright victory in the elections at the end of March. Earlier this week the ZEC said the run-off could be delayed until the end of July. Meanwhile the Pan African Parliament (PAP) is ready to send another mission to Zimbabwe to observe the presidential run-off election there. This was announced by PAP President, Gertrude Mongella, at the closing session of the parliament’s sitting at Midrand today. Mongella says the PAP bureau is trying to mobilise funds to send observer missions to seven forthcoming elections in Africa.
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