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LEON WELCOMES MBEKI STANCE ON ZIM.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Sunday welcomed President Thabo Mbeki's tougher stance on Zimbabwe. Leon said in a statement that Mbeki's policy of "quiet diplomacy" had given Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the impression that he had a protector in South Africa. "President Mbeki's tougher stance will leave President Mugabe in no doubt that the only potentially successful strategy open to him is to allow the people of Zimbabwe to choose their government freely," Leon said. Mbeki told the Foreign Correspondents' Association (FCA) in Pretoria on Thursday that efforts to resolve turbulence in Zimbabwe had not produced the desired results. He was referring to the work of a United Nations committee and another committee that was set up by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to try and resolve the political turmoil in Zimbabwe. Mbeki, answering a question on the fairness of Zimbabwe's upcoming elections, said there could not be free elections in a situation where people were getting "beaten up". He emphasised that it would not be fruitful to approach the Zimbabwe issue in a confrontational way. Leon said the first imperative was to ensure that free and fair elections took place in Zimbabwe and that international ...
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