HARARE, March 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The ruling party of Zimbabwe said Wednesday there will be no room in the party for those who defied party policy by standing as independent candidates in Thursday's parliamentary election, regardless of the outcome.

    First Secretary of the Zimbabwean African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) Robert Mugabe, who is also president of Zimbabwe, said Wednesday that those that defied authority were notcadres that the party could rely on and they would not be acceptedback even if they manage to win in their constituencies.

    He made the remarks while addressing party supporters at the party's last campaign rally in the Glen Norah constituency.

    "The party will not accommodate those that defied our authorityas a party to stand as independent candidates after they were found guilty of misconduct. We suspended some of them and some accepted that they were wrong and looked ahead while some thought otherwise and are competing in the election," Mugabe said. "No onewill come back after defeat. We will say no."

    He said that some government ministers that had been censured by the party had accepted the party's disciplinary measures.

    "Those are true cadres of the party. They are big members of the party. That is what we want because we are a party that is guided by principles that bind everyone," Mugabe said.

    He urged Zimbabweans to vote against those wanting to mortgage the country to western powers.

    "The people were misled in 2000 by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and I urge you not to be misled this time again because the MDC will not get you anywhere," he said.

    He said that more youths were rejoining ZANU-PF after realizingthat the MDC had nothing to offer them.

    "It is good to notice this development because the future of the party lies in these youths who have now seen the light." Mugabe said, adding that the MDC should accept the result of the election.

    He said that the opposition party knew it would lose and had started smear campaigns suggesting that the election would not be free and fair.

    The president said his party brought liberation to the people and had presided over successes in education, health, infrastructural development and land reform.

    The party, he said, had fulfilled its revolutionary pledge to restore land to its rightful owners, thus creating a firm platformfor the institution and consolidation of programs to economically empower the black majority.

    "ZANU-PF's desire is to unite the nation permanently, preserve peace, order and guarantee political stability, social and economic development," he said.

    "Thursday must be victory day. The MDC eclipsed us in the last election and we have been fighting over the last five years to winthe seat back."

    A total of 5,658,637 people are eligible to vote in all the country's 10 administrative provinces namely Bulawayo, which has seven constituencies, Harare province 18, Manicaland province 15, Mashonaland Central 10, Mashonaland East 13, Mashonaland West 13, Masvingo 14, Matebeleland North seven, Matebeleland South seven, and Midlands 16.

    The voters are going to elect 120 lawmakers of a 150-member parliament on Thursday, with an opinion survey showing that the ZANU-PF is likely to win a favorable majority.

    Though five political parties are contesting the country's sixth parliamentary elections, it is largely seen as a two-horse race between the ZANU-PF and the MDC.

    Several independent candidates, including former information and publicity minister Jonathan Moyo, are also contesting. Enditem