Zimbabwe: Primary Elections Set to Widen Fissures

POLITICAL parties should gear up for more internal fissures as they hold primaries to select candidates in preparation for polls in 2013 and possible by-elections in 38 vacant seats soon, analysts have warned.

They said although primary elections were meant to show a culture of internal democracy, which should replicate nationally, questions were increasingly being asked as to whether they are the best way to select candidates.

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