SADC: Zimbabwe: Reforms first, elections later

Johannesburg - A new constitution, voters' roll and electoral law, among other things, have to be in place before elections in Zimbabwe can be held but observers doubt if this can be implemented.

The special Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit held from Jun. 10 to 12 in Johannesburg concluded that an agreement signed by the country's three political parties, which agreed to a number of democratic measures among them the drafting of a new constitution for the country, democratising laws and reconstituting the country's electoral body needed to be implemented. So far only the electoral body is partially set up. [...]

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