Zimbabwe: Lawyers appeal for free, fair polls

  1. Posted on Tuesday 21 December 2010 - 10:46
    Mtheto Lungu
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    Mtheto Lungu, AfricaNews reporter in Lilongwe, Malawi
    The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have called on President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to ensure freedom and fairness reigns during the forthcoming elections in 2011.
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    The call follows Mugabe's quest for the elections after saying the union that exists between his ZANU-PF and Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would not work and must end. The group fears the bickering that exists between the government of national unity ruling parties would replicate ugly 2008 elections violence.

    The two parties signed an agreement to work together after losing supporters and officials in bloody fights.

    A report from the lawyers' non-governmental organisation argued the country could slip back into instability if elections were not fair.

    About 200 people, many from the MDC, were killed in 2008 elections, and the lawyers say conditions on the ground have not improved since.

    African leaders forced the creation of the coalition government in February 2009 after rejecting the results of a presidential election runoff boycotted by Tsvangirai.

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