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Chinamasa applies to court to have elections on 14 August

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has filed an urgent application with the court to have Zimbabwe’s elections held on 14 August.

This was in compliance with a Southern African Development Community directive that he ask the Court to postpone the elections as SADC said it could not defy the court which ordered the elections to be held before 31 July in the first place.

Chinamasa disclosed that although Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai initially wanted the elections on 31 October and Industry Minister Welshman Ncube wanted them on 9 September, they later changed their positions with Tsvangirai going for 12 August and Ncube for 14 August.

Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga told the House of Assembly yesterday that discussions were going on behind the scenes and Zimbabweans would know the way forward by today.

SADC executive secretary Tomaz Salomao and African Union Commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma have said they will go by the court’s decision.

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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