Zanu-PF tables strict poll rules, guidelines

Zanu-PF has announced a raft of rules and regulations that may disqualify some candidates eyeing various positions in Women and Youth League elections slated for next month.

Among other issues, all aspiring Youth League members should have served the party at national level for five years while Women's League contestants should have been party members for at least 20 years and also have previous records of serving at national level.

Youth League candidates should be at most 35 years of age. Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo warned party members who were electioneering before the announcement of the rules and regulations that they were wasting their time.

Elections for the Youth League will be during the League's Congress set for August 7 to 10, while the Women's League contestants will square off between August 20 and 22.

Gumbo said after receiving applications from contestants, the Politburo would meet to approve the candidates who meet the party's guidelines.

He said there would be no exemptions and those who have been in the diplomatic service and wished to contest should make formal applications to the party.