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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe has set national elections for March 29, according to a proclamation issued Friday that angered the opposition, which had called for the vote to be put back until constitutional disputes were settled.
The presidential proclamation was published by the state printer in Harare, though it was not publicized by the state broadcaster, the country's sole radio and television station, in its daytime news bulletins Friday. The proclamation also dissolved parliament, which was already in recess and not due to reconvene until April, in preparation for the vote.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change had demanded more constitutional and electoral reforms before the election, and said polling should be delayed until June to allow for its demands to be met. Mugabe, though, had insisted national elections would take place by the end of March.
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