On March 22nd, Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), criticized
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for his government's
decision to charge opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with
treason following his recent presidential election. Mfume sent a
letter of protest to the Zimbabwe Ambassador to the United
States.
Mfume said: "The election is over. This sort of heavy
handedness to kill off all opposition voices is too much for
anyone to be silent about. These actions indicate that
Mugabe does not want to live by the basic tenets of a
democratic election. You cannot run a democracy by jailing
the opposition and everyone who disagrees with you."
Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic
Change, led the opposition to Mugabe in last week's
presidential election. Yesterday, Tsvangirai was charged with
treason for an alleged plot to assassinate Mugabe. Mfume
said actions like these "can have a chilling effect on
democracy in Zimbabwe and work against the precepts of
the democratic process."
In a letter to Simbi Veke Mubako, Zimbabwe Ambassador to
the United States, Mfume said: "The NAACP believes that
democracy is a necessary precondition for social, political
and economic transformation and crucial to attracting
assistance for the development of the developing world. It is
in this spirit that I write to you concerning the treatment of
Morgan Tsvangirai and other opposition leaders."
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