Zimbabwe: Reforms Must Come Before Zimbabwe Election - -Kupe

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Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa. The country's fortunes have for almost three decades been tied to President Robert Mugabe, the pro-independence campaigner who wrested control from a small white community and became the country's first black leader. A power-sharing deal between his party, the ZANU PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was agreed after the 2008 polls with hopes that Mr Mugabe might be prepared to relinquish some of his powers. The partnership was shaky and often acrimonious, but the coalition succeeded in agreeing a new constitution, which was approved by referendum ahead of fresh elections in 2013. But while the ruling party is gearing for the poll on July 31, the opposition says reforms brought by the new constitution must take shape before. The MDC's Vice President who is also Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Minister, Thokazani Kupe, spoke to Daily Trust in Abuja yesterday on the unfolding scenario. Excerpts;

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