'Mbeki must act on Tsvangirai'
04/06/2008 20:21  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki must demand the immediate release of Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, said Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Wednesday.

"If the arrest of Morgan Tsvangirai does not spur President Mbeki to take decisive action in Zimbabwe, then nothing will," said Zille.

She called on Mbeki, as the mediator in Zimbabwe, to release the MDC leader.

"Tsvangirai's arrest proves beyond all doubt that President Robert Mugabe will seek to retain power at all costs.

"There is no way that a presidential run-off will be free and fair under these circumstances. Surely, even Mbeki must see that now."

If Mbeki did not demand Tsvangirai's release he must step aside for another mediator who would ensure that the will of the Zimbabwean people was realised in a free and fair presidential run-off election, said Zille.

- SAPA

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