Mugabe poll plan ‘impossible’

An independent monitoring group has said it will be impossible to hold free and fair elections in March when President Robert Mugabe wants the polls.

Report by AP/Staff Reporter
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network said the call by Mugabe for full elections in the last week of March did not allow enough time to establish conditions for a free vote.

 
The group said it was “adamant that logistically, it was impossible” to meet Mugabe’s timetable and complete constitutional and electoral reforms demanded by regional leaders.

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