Mugabe’s armed militia to police election

! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.

Zimbabwean police have been instructed to campaign for Robert Mugabe and the War Veterans – an armed ZanuPF militia group – will be inside polling stations wearing police uniforms if a run-off for the presidential election is held.

According to this BBC News article, it would appear that the War Veterans are being incorporated into the police force, at least for the purposes of the run-off.

Under Zimbabwean electoral law, the run-off must be held within 21 days of the election.  This deadline has already passed and the electoral commission has said that it might not take place for a year.

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  1. Letters From A Tory (22 comments) says:

    Make no mistake about it, Mugabe is not going anywhere.

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