World Briefs | Africa: Zimbabwe: Opposition Protests Delay in Runoff
Tendai Biti, the secretary general of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, protested the government?s decision to delay the presidential runoff up to 90 days. By law, the election ? pitting Morgan Tsvangirai, of the opposition, against President Robert Mugabe ? was supposed to take place by May 23, or 21 days after results were announced for the first round of voting. The delay, he said, allows the government to continue a campaign of violence that the opposition says has claimed at least 32 lives, including, on Tuesday, two founding members of the party?s youth assembly.