{"id":369291,"date":"2011-04-05T01:44:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T01:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/05\/unity-govt-parties-plan-roadmap-for-polls\/"},"modified":"2011-04-05T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T01:44:15","slug":"unity-govt-parties-plan-roadmap-for-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/05\/unity-govt-parties-plan-roadmap-for-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Govt Parties Plan Roadmap for Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.102236421725\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a47391c0herald180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Herald (Harare)\" title=\"Visit The Herald (Harare)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p> 4 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Negotiators to the Global Political Agreement were last night locked up in a meeting at a secret venue in Harare to craft a roadmap for general elections to be held later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was also expected to review the arrangement that gave birth to the inclusive Government that brings together Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>It followed a Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security meeting last Thurs-day in Zambia that proposed establishment of a three-member panel to assist South African President Jacob Zuma&#8217;s facilitation team in the inter-party talks.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiators are Cdes Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche (Zanu-PF), Mr Tendai Biti and Mr Elton Mangoma (MDC-T), and Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and Mr Moses Mzila Ndlovu (MDC).<\/p>\n<p>It could not be established what, if anything, had been agreed at the time of going to print.<\/p>\n<p>MDC-T&#8217;s Mr Biti said: &#8220;We are meeting right now but I don&#8217;t know when we are going to finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that top of the agenda was the issue of electoral dates, with MDC-T trying to push polls to May next year while Zanu-PF insisted elections should held this year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the GPA signed by Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations in 2008, elections should be held on completion of the constitution-making process, which is expected to culminate in a referendum around September this year.<\/p>\n<p>President Mugabe has indicated that elections will be held this year whether or not the draft constitution is accepted in a plebiscite.<\/p>\n<p>MDC-T is trying to push President Zuma to craft a parallel election roadmap.<\/p>\n<p>MDC-T has raised unsubstantiated claims of political violence in a bid to stall elections.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104050027.html\" title=\"Unity Govt Parties Plan Roadmap for Polls\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unity Govt Parties Plan Roadmap for Polls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 April 2011 Negotiators to the Global Political Agreement were last night locked up in a meeting at a secret venue in Harare to craft a roadmap for general elections to be held later this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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