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Original Post Date: 2003-12-08 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 12/8/2003 11:19:27 PM
Trying to split the Commonwealth on Racial Lines
[Note. Mugabe and his allies – which includes South Africa, tried to engineer a racial split in the Commonwealth to get Don McKinnon kicked out. It seems to have partially materialised, but it failed.
What is interesting though, and this pretty much proves me right is how South Africa and now even Zambia and Malawi have come out batted for Mugabe at the Commonwealth. I have long said that Mugabe has many friends in Africa, and now you will see who they are. Many people will be surprised. Jan]
Last Friday, Don McKinnon was re-elected for a second term as Commonwealth secretary-general. The challenge to his position was highly unusual – secretary-generals are usually returned unopposed for a second term. The challenge, by former Sri Lankan foreign minister Lakshma Kadirgamar, was, however, also seen as a test of opinion within the wider Commonwealth with regards to whether Zimbabwe’s suspension should be extended. McKinnon won the vote by 40 votes to 11. The vote was held behind closed doors, and details as to which countries voted for which candidate have not been made public. Nevertheless, below is an analysis of how the vote probably went. It shows that while Mugabe had some success in garnering support from SADC countries, many African states did not support the challenge to McKinnon. Nor did countries from the Caribbean and the Pacific. In other words, the racial split which Mugabe tried to engineer did not materialise:
For McKinnon:
Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; The Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belize; Botswana; Brunei Darussalam; Cameroon; Canada; Cyprus; Dominica; Fiji Islands; The Gambia; Ghana; Grenada; Guyana; India; Jamaica; Kenya; Kiribati; Malawi; Maldives; Malta; Mauritius; Nauru; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Solomon Islands; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tuvalu; United Kingdom; Vanuatu
For Kadirgamar:
Lesotho; Malaysia; Mozambique; Namibia; Singapore; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Swaziland; Uganda; United Republic of Tanzania; Zambia
Pakistan; Zimbabwe: Suspended
Nigeria: Host
Source:ZWNEWS
published:Mon 8-Dec-2003
URL: http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID…br>