Khama calls for new elections in Zimbabwe

16 November, 2009 in Botswana, Zimbabwe

source: Sunday Standard
by Tanonoka Joseph Whande
15.11.2009 12:48:20 P

Botswana’s President Ian Khama has expressed concern at the continued failure of ZANU-PF to fully honour the spirit of the power-sharing agreement.
In his State of the Nation address to the First Session of the Tenth Parliament on Friday, Khama again suggested new elections as a way to break the impasse in Zimbabwe.

“In the absence of genuine partnership,” Khama said, “it would be better for all parties to go back to the people, for they are the ultimate authority to determine who should form the Government of Zimbabwe.”
He said that since independence, the core principles of Botswana’s foreign policy had remained constant.

“These include a commitment to [continue reading]