{"id":2221,"date":"2012-09-27T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T11:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2012-09-27T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T11:21:38","slug":"opposition-rejects-mugabes-election-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=2221","title":{"rendered":"Opposition rejects Mugabe&#8217;s election timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2222\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/robert-mugabe2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2222\" title=\"robert-mugabe2\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/robert-mugabe2-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/robert-mugabe2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/robert-mugabe2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Mugabe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zimbabwe&#8217;s main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Thursday said President Robert Mugabe&#8217;s planned timetable for a constitutional referendum and elections was not realistic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a High Court filing seen on Thursday, Mugabe proposed a referendum for the first week of November and presidential and legislative polls for March next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The dates being proposed are clearly not feasible,&#8221; MDC spokesman Douglas Mwonzora told AFP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The date for the election, especially, is unilateral, unrealistic and has no scientific or legal basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mugabe&#8217;s ruling ZANU-PF party has objected to many aspects of the long-delayed draft constitution that was only finished in July and would rein in presidential powers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mwonzora added his party was more concerned about conditions under which the vote takes place rather than the date. &#8220;For us to meet those dates, ZANU-PF has to change drastically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We want elections to be held in conditions which allow the secrecy of the vote and the security of both the vote and the voter,&#8221; said Mwonzora.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition MDC party members were on the receiving end of the violence that characterised the 2008 elections. &#8211; AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Thursday said President Robert Mugabe&#8217;s planned timetable for a constitutional referendum and elections was not realistic. 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