Mugabe wins enough seats to change constitution

President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party won a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections, giving him the necessary majority to press ahead with his plans to change the constitution to further strengthen his grip on power, interim results showed.

According to the interim results released today, the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) won 71 seats, compared with 39 for the Movement for Democratic Change.