Zim run-off election possible within 12 months

MIDRAND: Head of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) Observer Mission to Zimbabwe Marwick Khumalo told reporters yesterday that a run-off election, if decided upon, could be held within the next 12 months.

"... last night [I] spoke to the Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [George Chiweshe] who told me that it is not practical to organise a run-off election within the stipulated 21 days after the election results were announced.

"Logistically and in terms of procurement of election goods it would be almost impossible and impractical to hold it within 21 days," said Khumalo.

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