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Mugabe, Tsvangirai agree on election roadmap, Welshman excluded
17 Apr 2013 at 05:44hrs | Views
Zanu-PF leader President Mugabe and MDC-T leader PM Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday agreed that an election roadmap to be crafted by two Cabinet ministers from their parties should decide the date for the next election.
The two, who were with DPM Arthur Mutambara when they met on Monday, yesterday assigned Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga with the task.
Tsvangirai said Chinamasa and Matinenga should prepare the roadmap cognisant of the fact that Parliament legally dissolves on June 29 and also that the executive will only have 4 months from that date to prepare for the elections.
The MDC-T leader said there needed to be at least 2 months of voter registration and inspection, but because of the limitations in time, this would be done parallel with the process of aligning the laws to the new Constitution.
Turning to the funding of elections, Tsvangirai said funds would be raised internally, but the door was still open to take the begging bowl to the international community if the funds were inadequate.
The two, who were with DPM Arthur Mutambara when they met on Monday, yesterday assigned Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga with the task.
Tsvangirai said Chinamasa and Matinenga should prepare the roadmap cognisant of the fact that Parliament legally dissolves on June 29 and also that the executive will only have 4 months from that date to prepare for the elections.
The MDC-T leader said there needed to be at least 2 months of voter registration and inspection, but because of the limitations in time, this would be done parallel with the process of aligning the laws to the new Constitution.
Turning to the funding of elections, Tsvangirai said funds would be raised internally, but the door was still open to take the begging bowl to the international community if the funds were inadequate.
Source - newsday
