辛巴威將舉行後穆加貝時期首次大選
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe says the country will hold elections in four to five months, the first since the ouster of longtime ruler Robert Mugabe.
Mnangagwa made the pledge Wednesday during an official trip to neighboring Mozambique, according to a report in the state-owned Herald newspaper.
The Zimbabwean leader pledged to ensure free and fair elections to ensure Zimbabwe "engages the world as a qualified democratic state." Elections had been expected to be held in either July or August.
The 93-year-old Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before he was forced to resign under pressure last November after he was removed from power in a shock move by the military and lost support of lawmakers in his ruling ZANU-PF party.
During Mugabe's long rule, elections in Zimbabwe were marred by vote rigging and violence.辛巴威總統埃默森·姆南加古瓦表示，辛巴威將於4到5個月內舉行長期統治者穆加貝下臺後的首次總統選舉。
據國營的辛巴威《先驅報》訊息，姆南加古瓦星期三（1月17日）在對鄰國莫三比克進行正式訪問期間做出上述承諾。
這位辛巴威領導人承諾舉行自由、公正的選舉，確保辛巴威“作為一個合格的民主國家跟世界接觸”。預計選舉將於7月或8月舉行。
統治辛巴威37年、93歲的穆加貝去年11月在壓力下被迫辭去總統職務，在那之前軍方果斷行動解除了穆加貝的職務，他還失去了他所在的執政黨非洲民族聯盟-愛國陣線內議員的支援。
穆加貝長期統治期間，辛巴威的選舉受到操縱選票和暴力的玷汙。
