Mugabe in elections date fix

A respected think-tank has warned that President Mugabe is under increasing pressure to declare an election date before the end of this month or risk being in contempt of court.

Last year, Mugabe sought two court applications to postpone by-elections in three constituencies on the basis that a date for elections would have been set by the end of March.

PM Morgan Tsvangirai recently announced that he had agreed with the Zanu-PF leader that the elections would be held in July.

But according to a paper by Derek Matyszak of the Research and Advocacy Unit on the ongoing constitutional reforms, President Mugabe has few options when it comes to proclamation of election dates.