Zimbabwe: State Extends Nominations

6 February 2008

Harare — THE sitting of Nomination Courts will be pushed forward by a week following requests by Zanu-PF and both factions of the MDC to President Mugabe to allow them more time to complete the selection of candidates.

The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Cde Patrick Chinamasa, said President Mugabe will push the sitting of the Nomination Courts to next Friday but reiterated that election date remains March 29. The courts were scheduled to sit this Friday to receive nominations of candidates for the March 29 presidential, parliamentary and council elections.

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