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A presidential election will be held in Zimbabwe in March 2008.^[1] In late 2006 a plan was proposed that would have delayed the election to 2010, at the same time as the next parliamentary election, which was said to be a cost-saving measure. This would have lengthened President Robert Mugabe's term by two years.^[2] However, there was reportedly dissent within the ruling ZANU-PF regarding the proposal, and it was never approved. In March, Mugabe said that he thought the feeling in the party favored having the presidential election in 2008, and moving the parliamentary election up by two years instead. He also said that he would be willing to stand for another term if chosen by the party.^[3] On March 30, 2007, it was announced that the ZANU-PF central committee had chosen Mugabe as the party's candidate for another term in 2008, that presidential terms would be reduced to five years instead of six, and that the parliamentary election would also be held in 2008.^[4] Later, information was leaked from the same meeting that ZANU-PF had adopted the position of making Mugabe president-for-life.^[5]

In 2006, ZANU-PF National Chairman John Nkomo was one of the first to announce he would be ready to contest the election for ZANU-PF if Mugabe chose to retire.^[6] Abel Muzorewa, the only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, suggested on 21 June 2007 that he might run, claiming that people were urging him to do so.^[7]

Mugabe was chosen by acclamation as ZANU-PF's presidential candidate for the 2008 election by delegates at a party congress on December 13, 2008. John Nkomo said that he "did not hear any dissenting voices" and that the congress had "fully and unreservedly" backed Mugabe.^[1]

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