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Original Post Date: 2008-04-19 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
The ANC has shot down Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s call that President Thabo Mbeki quit as mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis because he has failed to resolve the political stalemate.
ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte said on Friday the ANC backed Mbeki’s efforts to broker a lasting solution in Zimbabwe.
Duarte said the ANC had agreed that Mbeki take charge of the mediation role after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) appointed him.
“The ANC supports President Mbeki on mediation. It was a SADC decision.
| ‘People are dying in Zimbabwe as we speak’ |
“The ANC is party to that SADC decision and we would not wish that to change.”
Mbeki has been criticised for his quiet diplomacy in Zimbabwe, with some arguing that his policy has failed to yield results.
On Thursday Tsvangirai said Mbeki should step down as mediator.
“The reasons are obvious. The crisis in Zimbabwe has been going on endlessly.
“People are dying in Zimbabwe as we speak.”
He said Mbeki and SADC had a “moral responsibility” to take extraordinary steps to get the country out of the political quagmire.
The DA shared Tsvangirai’s view.
DA leader Helen Zille said: “We need to get a mediator who is credible on all sides.
Mbeki has lost the confidence of Tsvangirai, who has reportedly won the elections.
“If you have lost the confidence of one player you can’t (continue to) mediate.”
She said the onus was on the SADC leaders to put pressure on Mugabe to release the results of the presidential elections.
The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) also called on Mbeki to step down because he was biased toward Mugabe and his Zanu-PF.
“President Mbeki was appointed to mediate in a crisis situation, which he has not only failed to resolve but in which he has shown an unacceptable partiality.
“The ACDP joins more than a dozen Zimbabwean civic rights groups that have sent a petition to the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria making demands that (Mbeki) recuse himself from the mediation process,” said ACDP leader Kenneth Meshoe.
Attempts to get comment from presidential spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga were unsuccessful.
The SADC office in Gabarone, Botswana, said none of its officials was available as they were attending the organisation’s meeting in Mauritius.