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Zanu-PF meet to decide whether Mugabe should contest runoff
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party began meeting on Friday to decide whether President Robert Mugabe should contest a runoff vote against the opposition.
- Agencies
- Published: 16:18 April 4, 2008
Harare: Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party began meeting on Friday to decide whether President Robert Mugabe should contest a runoff vote against the opposition.
Mugabe convened his party after they lost control of parliament for the first time in 28 years. Elections results have still not been published.
Earlier a Zanu-PF official said Mugabe would contest the runoff vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
"We cannot just hand it to Morgan (Tsvangirai) on a silver platter. We will fight for it and we will win," the official said.
Zanu-PF and independent projections indicate that although Tsvangirai has won, he failed to get the absolute majority needed to avoid a runoff.
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