HARARE: Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai rejected President Robert Mugabe’s declaration of a July 31 election yesterday, accusing his rival of breaching the constitution and creating a political crisis.
The Constitutional Court ordered Mugabe two weeks ago to hold the poll by the end of July, following an application to the court by a Zimbabwean citizen demanding the president set a date before the current parliament expired.
Mugabe, who had anyway been pushing for an early vote, announced the election date yesterday — fast-tracking changes to election laws by using a presidential decree to by-pass parliament.
Reuters
