Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling party is considering delaying presidential elections in 2008 and holding the vote with general parliamentary polls in 2010, state radio reported on Sunday, according to Reuters. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation quoted Nathan Shamuyarira, information secretary for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, as saying although discussions were at preliminary stages, the party was looking at the possibility of postponing the 2008 poll in order to consolidate the voting calendar. "The ruling ZANU-PF party is consulting party members and will soon lobby parliament over the possibility of holding joint presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, a senior official has revealed," the ZBC said. "Comrade Nathan Shamuyarira said the party was likely to push for the joint presidential-parliamentary elections to be held in 2010." Shamuyarira was not available for further details.
