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source: Mmegi
MICHAEL APPEL

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.

Khumalo - who remained tight-lipped on a possible timeframe for a run-off said - that Chiweshe did allay his fears that a run-off election would be postponed indefinitely by saying it would not be held in more than a year.

Should such a situation unfold, he said, the [continue reading]