SAN-Feature Service SOUTH ASIAN NEWS-FEATURE SERVICE June 28,2008 ELIZABETH SIDIROPOULOS & NEUMA GROBBELAAR SAN-Feature Service : Morgan Tsvangirai's withdrawal from the presidential run-off scheduled for June 27, and his decision to seek the protection of the Dutch embassy in After contesting every election since 2000, Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has changed tactics reluctantly. Under the circumstances, A host of declarations adopted over the years by the SADC and the African Union address the conduct of elections on the continent. These include the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2004), the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance (2007), and the Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Unfortunately, we have a recent precedent for this type of behaviour: Dealing effectively with political instability in In both cases, What should The SADC should not endorse the regime's claim of victory in an uncontested election. It must insist that all opposition leaders and supporters be freed immediately, and that all state-sponsored violence be halted. It should dispatch an eminent persons' group of senior African and other international leaders to The SADC's censure of Mugabe and his regime should be backed up by concrete actions, such as restrictions on all arms flows to Mbeki and other SADC leaders should recognize a key point. According to legal opinions commissioned by the Southern African Litigation Centre, Moreover, If Elizabeth Sidiropoulos and Neuma Grobbelaar are, respectively, the national director and the director of studies of the South African Institute of International Affairs, based at Witwatersrand University |
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