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‘Mugabe
must go’ call from UNI-Africa
18.10.2003
UNI-Africa’s Regional Conference
in Johannesburg demanded the immediate resignation of President Mugabe of
Zimbabwe, where trade union rights are coming under ever-greater pressure
from his regime.
The people of Zimbabwe face 80% unemployment, and shortages of basic goods
including food and local cash.
African affiliates are being urged to put pressure on the Zimbabwe
government to restore democratic rights and allow free elections to
"choose a leadership that will save the country from the current
crisis".
"We will not stop in our struggle to bring peace in Zimbabwe, the
Congo and elsewhere on the continent," said Philip Jennings after the
debate.
The resolution calls for Mugabe to go now and so retain some of his
reputation from his freedom fighting days against the Ian Smith white
government.
"Otherwise history will rank his name with those of some of Africa’s
infamous leaders like Vorster, Mobutu, Amin and Taylor who sought to
destroy the African soul".
A reversal of policies in Zimbabwe is necessary, said the resolution, in
the interests of the success of NEPAD - the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development.
It warns of ‘the lack of good governance and state engineered chaos
leading to a general breakdown of law and order in Zimbabwe".
UNI-Africa wants other African countries to keep pressing the Mugabe
regime to stop exploiting its people.
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