By Paul Nyathi|ZimEye.com is reliably informed by sources within the opposition MDC that the much awaited elective congress which was set for early next year has been deferred to end of the year.

Highly placed sources within the party indicated that party President Nelson Chamisa concurred with some senior party officials to defer the congress meant to be held in February to sometime between October and December next year.

According to the party sources the move is meant to allow time for the party to finalise the intergation processes with other MDC Alliance partners.

This is a developing story and ZimEye.com is following it up. More details will be made as they become available.