MICHAEL HOLMES, WORLD NEWS: A spokesman says the party of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe is ready to begin its re-election bid. His platform likely will include a land reform program which may broadly outline plans for redistributing white-owned farms to landless black citizens. Mr. Mugabe's role in the seizure of white farms by black squatters came under criticism at a meeting of commonwealth ministers in London. They called on Mugabe's government to hold fair elections and halt the farm occupations. The announcement of the re-election campaign followed Mr. Mugabe's meeting with his cabinet. Stephanie Halas (ph) reports from Harare.</s>STEPHANIE HALAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Zimbabweans received a glimpse of their president Tuesday morning, when Robert Mugabe led a meeting of his government to discuss a new measure to seize white-own farm land. Mugabe proposed to carry out the seizures within the next 10 days. Supporters of those land seizures ran through the capital, Harare, early Tuesday to reach their leader Chenjerai Hunzvi They cheered Mugabe on as he arrived at his presidential offices and office of the high court, where Hunzvi appeared on fraud charges. Last Saturday, the ruling party announced it would use special powers to redistribute Zimbabwe's best farm land, most of which is owned by white Zimbabweans. Mugabe's critics say this latest land-grabbing measure is a way for Mugabe to win votes for his party when elections take place this year. Stephanie Halas, CNN, Harare.
Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Ready To Begin Its Re-Election Bid