Zimbabwe: Politburo Rejects Election Ambush

THE decision-making Zanu PF politburo has rejected an ambush proposal by the party's commissariat department to hold potentially-explosive primary polls next month to clear the path for crucial general elections next year.

Senior Zanu PF officials told the Zimbabwe Independent last night the politburo, at a meeting yesterday, rejected secretary for commissariat Webster Shamu's proposal for primaries next month after the Second All-Stakeholders' Conference on the contentious new constitution.

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