Posted on 07/02/2008 9:11:34 AM PDT by Nextrush
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected forming a unity government if he is not recognised as the winner of presidential elections.
African leaders called for a unity government days after Robert Mugabe won a run-off boycotted by the opposition.
Mr. Tsvangirai, who won the first-round vote, said the African Union should appoint another mediator to join South Africa's leader Thabo Mbeki.
Earlier, a spokesman for Mr. Mugabe welcomed the AU call for dialogue.......
Mr. Tsvangirai said the resolution did not acknowledge the illegitimacy of the 27 June run-off vote.
"The resolution endorses the concept of a government of national unity, without acknowledging that the MDC, as the winner of the last credible election on 29 March, should be recognised as the legitimate government of Zimbabwe."....
"While the MDC remains committed to negotiations, this must be based on the 29 March result and must move towards a transitional agreement," AFP news agency quotes him as saying.....
Since last Friday's run-off, the MDC says nine of its supporters have been murdered, hundreds more beaten and forced to leave their homes.
In Manicaland alone 500 MDC supporters and families have been forced to flee their homes since the weekend and are now seeking refuge at the party's headquarters in Mutare, it said
Zimbabwean journalist Themba Nkosi told the BBC that ruling party militias known as the "Green Bombers" have been on the rampage in southern city of Bulawayo targeting commuter taxi operators and drivers.....
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There will be no progress unless the organs of terror in Zimbabwe are defanged.
Mbeki has enabled Mugabe and does not deserve the title "mediator."
Meanwhile, the terror of Mugabe continues in Zimbabwe.
Stalin did this once. Once!
Civil war on the horizon or Mugabe assassinated.
Can anyone really blame Tsvangirai for refusing to come out (again) to play? He might as well save time (were he to cooperate with Thug-gabe) by chopping off his own arms and legs.
The only answer is to kill Mugabe.
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