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| Zimbabwe passes 2008 election law | Zimbabwe passes 2008 election law |
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| Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a compromise bill on constitutional change that will allow presidential and parliamentary elections in 2008. | Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a compromise bill on constitutional change that will allow presidential and parliamentary elections in 2008. |
| Members of parliament from both the ruling Zanu-PF and the fractured opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supported the bill. | Members of parliament from both the ruling Zanu-PF and the fractured opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supported the bill. |
| All 111 MPs present voted in favour of the bill to amend the constitution. | All 111 MPs present voted in favour of the bill to amend the constitution. |
| The bill, the result of talks mediated by South Africa, also allows President Robert Mugabe to choose a successor. | The bill, the result of talks mediated by South Africa, also allows President Robert Mugabe to choose a successor. |
| The amendments are expected to re-draw electoral boundaries, increase the number of MPs and bring forward parliamentary elections by two years. | |
| The bill also allows parliament, dominated by Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF, to choose a presidential successor if the incumbent does not finish his term in office. | |
| Analysts expect Zanu-PF to dominate the joint parliamentary and presidential elections next year and for Mr Mugabe to then put a hand-picked successor in place. |