{"id":436819,"date":"2011-06-06T10:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/mugabe-suggests-2012-elections\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:40:44","slug":"mugabe-suggests-2012-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/mugabe-suggests-2012-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugabe Suggests 2012 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"21.0964912281\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/thisday180.jpg\" alt=\"This Day (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit This Day (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s President Robert Mugabe said the power-sharing government should end this year and elections held as soon as possible, suggesting polls could even be conducted in 2012, the Herald newspaper said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we fail, then elections should be held during the first few months of next year. What we want are elections this year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe is at odds with rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change who formed a power-sharing government in 2008 after disputed elections, reports Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai wants polls to be held next year, saying that constitutional and political reforms must come first.<\/p>\n<p>The uneasy unity government has brought a measure of stability to the impoverished state holding the world&#8217;s second-largest platinum reserves. Early elections could stamp out a nascent recovery and renew political violence, analysts say.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106060829.html\" title=\"Mugabe Suggests 2012 Elections\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mugabe Suggests 2012 Elections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 3 June 2011 Zimbabwe&#8217;s President Robert Mugabe said the power-sharing government should end this year and elections held as soon as possible, suggesting polls could even be conducted in 2012, the Herald newspaper said on Friday. &#8220;If we fail, then elections should be held during the first few months of next year. 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