Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's prime minister Thursday said the country will hold an election in "12 months" and he wants an outcome that can't be contested. "In 12 months time we have an election in this country. Let it be free and let it be peaceful," said Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking in Bulawayo -- about 450km south-west of Harare -- to his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party supporters ahead of a congress set for Friday. At the congress new MDC leadership will be elected to prepare for general elections in which Tsvangirai will lock horns with President Robert Mugabe.
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Tsvangirai seeks end of current coalition government
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Zimbabwe's finance minister says the country's poor performance cannot finance elections this year
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Tsvangirai says his party will form the next government and resuscitate the economy
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