Mugabe summons generals

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Monday met with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and agreed to call an urgent meeting between principals of the Global Political Agreement and army generals to tackle the issue of possible violence in the forthcoming elections, Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka said yesterday.

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Tamborinyoka said Mugabe and Tsvangirai agreed the country could only hold peaceful elections if soldiers were confined to their barracks during the polls.

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