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Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election postponed
Thu. May 15, 2008 03:39 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. -

(SomaliNet) In what the Zimbabwean opposition to say is a move by President Robert Mugabe to try to buy time for a crackdown, Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election due this month was put off on Wednesday until as late as July.

Zimbabweans voted on March 29, but results of the disputed vote were only released on May 2.

The results showed opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Mugabe, but not with enough votes to avoid a run-off that should have been held within 21 days of the results.

In a special government gazette published on Wednesday, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on behalf of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, or ZEC-Reuters


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