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Churches slam Mugabe presidency
30/06/2008 19:11 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The Zimbabwean presidential run-off election was not free and fair, said the SA Council of Churches (SACC) on Monday.
"The run-off elections in which Robert Mugabe ran alone were neither free, nor fair, therefore this presidency is illegitimate," said Eddie Makue, SACC general secretary.
The council said it had forwarded a dossier of alleged atrocities committed against Zimbabweans in the run-up to the Zimbabwe run-off elections to President Thabo Mbeki.
"He indicated that action had been taken by the team of generals to stop the violence," the SACC said in a statement.
SACC president Tinyiko Maluleke called on African and other states of the world not to recognise the "de facto presidency" of Mugabe.
'All states must apply sanctions'
"While we recognise that further sanctions will hurt the poor and suffering Zimbabweans, we have come to the conclusion that the people of Zimbabwe already are burdened with untold suffering.
"The time has come for all states to apply and intensify universal sanctions against Zimbabwe as part and parcel of the negotiations for power-sharing in Zimbabwe," said Maluleke.
Makue called on the Southern African Development Community and the African Union to redouble their efforts towards the formation of a transitional government in which Zanu-PF and the Movement for Development Change will share power.
- SAPA
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Zimbabwe Special Report
