Mugabe to attend emergency summit
Regional leaders to discuss Zimbabwe’s political deadlock on Saturday.
“We don’t know why the world has to wait until dead bodies start littering the streets of Harare” Tendai Biti, MDC secretary general |
The move to hold a summit came as a Harare judge said he would deliver his judgement on Monday on an opposition petition demanding the release of election results.
The MDC has said its candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, won the March 29 vote outright and accused Mugabe of delaying the results to orchestrate a run-off election.
‘De facto military coup’
“The military leaders in the establishment are trying to subvert the will of the people,” he told Time magazine.
Tsvangirai has embarked on a trip around the region, beginning with Botswana, to encourage leaders to help end the standoff.
Tendai Biti, MDC secretary general, said that regional leaders should push for Mugabe’s resignation at the summit in Zambia.
“We don’t know why the world has to wait until dead bodies start littering the streets of Harare,” he said.
“Nothing has happened in Zimbabwe to warrant intervention by the UN. There is no justification to internationalise Zimbabwe,” he said.