By-elections by December: Zec

THE opposition MD C Alliance and MDC-T will have an opportunity to take their power struggles to the court of public opinion after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announced yesterday that all pending by-elections would have been held by December 5.

Several by-elections are in the offing following the death of incumbents and the controversial recalling of half-a-dozen MDC Alliance MPs and councillors by the rival MDC-T party.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice together with Election Resource Centre, Zec chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba said the commission requires a supplementary budget of US$18 million for the by-elections.

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