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Zimbabwe: Minister Defies MDC Conditions for Run-Off Election
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The Zimbabwe Guardian (London)
11 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Nyasha Mashayamombe
THE minister of justice has said a second-round run-off between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will take place "as soon as possible" but the party will not accept preconditions from the opposition.
"As for us in Zanu PF, we are geared for the run-off. We want it as soon as possible and get on with normal business," Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said in an interview.
Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC-T) said on Saturday he would contest a presidential run-off poll, but called for it to take place on May 23 in accordance with the law.
"The runoff will be held within the framework of the constitution and the electoral laws. There will be no conditionalities that will be outside this framework," Chinamasa said.
Chinamasa criticised the MDC-T whom he said were flip-flopping on their decision to enter the run-off election contest.
"They indicate that they are turning right and then turn left, they said they won and they will not participate in a run-off now they say they will participate in the runoff," the minister added.
He also implied Tsvangirai was only taking part because he had been ordered to do so by former colonial power Britain.
"They are participating because their master has ordered them to do so. We can almost predict that if Tsvangirai loses he is going to condemn the whole process," he said, implying Tsvangirai was only taking part because he had been ordered to do so by former colonial power Britain.
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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is yet to announce the date of a run-off election.
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