Robert Mugabe as 'fit as a fiddle' as he vows to hold elections this year We want elections, we wanted them yesterday, we want them today, we want them any day but others are saying no, no, no, we can't have elections. I will exercise my presidential powers in accordance with the main principal law, the constitution of our country, and announce when the election will take place. Veteran Zimbabwe political analyst Brian Raftopoulos said threats of elections this year were serious: "Elections would throw Zimbabwe into a very perilous situation." said Mr Raftopoulos, who added that he fears elections without political reforms would leave Zanu PF free to again inflict violence against Movement for Democratic Change supporters. For the last three years Mr Mugabe has shared power with Mr Tsvangirai who beat him in violent elections in 2008. In a conciliatory tone, Mr Mugabe conceded that Mr Tsvangirai's MDC party is no longer an "enemy' but a political "opponent." We may differ politically, religiously even ethnically. Differ in various other ways but at the end of the day we are all Zimbabweans and that is what counts much more than anything else. Jacob Zuma, the South African president, who mediates the Zimbabwe crisis for the regional group, the Southern African Development Community, stopped Mr Mugabe from holding elections last year and is scheduled to go to Harare next month. Mr Mugabe's officials said he would celebrate his birthday at a family dinner at his home in Harare and will attend a large Zanu PF party in eastern Zimbabwe on Saturday.