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09 May

Mugabe’s armed militia to police election

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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One Response to “Mugabe’s armed militia to police election”

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    Letters From A Tory (11 comments) Says:
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    Make no mistake about it, Mugabe is not going anywhere.

    May 9th, 2008 at 10:36 am

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