Zimbabweans protest results delay in New York

Zimbabweans protest results delay in New York By Tererai Karimakwenda11 April, 2008
Zimbabweans in New York on Friday demonstrated against Robert Mugabe’s manipulation of the March 29 elections, and the reluctance of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce the results.
One of the organisers, Dr. Farai Bere, said about 50 activists showed up for the protest. He attributed the low turnout to the fact that it was a weekday and “life in the diaspora requires Zimbabweans to work”.
Dr Bere said they started out at the French Embassy because they want Zimbabwe’s plight to be introduced as a motion in the United Nations Security Council – to call for pressure on Mugabe to give up the keys to State House because he lost an election and must now leave.
The protesters stopped at the Zambian Embassy next, because that country currently chairs the SADC countries. Dr. Bere said they praise Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa for the positive efforts he has made to try and resolve the Zimbabwe crisis, but they urged him to keep up the pressure until Mugabe has gone.
The protest ended up at the United Nations where the message to the UN was that Mugabe must be pressured to announce and respect the results of the elections.
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