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Makoni
breaks silence on Zimbabwe election impasse
SABC
April 09, 2008
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,167356,00.html
Zimbabwean presidential
candidate Simba Makoni has added his voice to growing concerns on
delays to announce results of last month's presidential election.
He was speaking for the
first time since the election more than 10 days ago. Makoni says
the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has literally closed down
operations at its national command centre.
He says like the opposition
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), he is in the dark regarding
the whereabouts of the presidential election material.
The MDC is seeking a
high court order to force the ZEC to declare a winner.
ZCTU wants Mbeki
to act
The Zimbabwean
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says President Thabo Mbeki should
take control of the situation in Zimbabwe.
The union's General-Secretary,
Wellington Chibebe, has accused Zanu-PF of being behind the delay
of the release of the presidential results.
"It's clear that
it is Zanu-PF and nobody else . . . they should allow Mbeki to
take charge ... we will always question the impartiality of Mbeki
because Mbeki was appointed by President (Robert Mugabe) and he
is a player in this whole game ..." says Chibebe.
Chibebe also urged the
labour federation's members to remain calm.
Meanwhile, Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa says he plans to stage a Southern African Development
Community extraordinary summit to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe.
He says he is consulting with his fellow heads of state and government
on holding an extraordinary summit on the situation in Zimbabwe.
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