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Mugabe urges support for Tsvangirai
Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:10am EDT
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HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe joined mourning for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife on Tuesday and called on Zimbabweans to end violence and support his old rival in rebuilding the shattered country.
Mugabe, who formed a unity government with Tsvangirai in February, told hundreds of mourners at a memorial service in Harare that Susan Tsvangirai's death in a car crash last Friday was an act of God.
"This is a difficult moment for our colleague. He has lost a partner and we must all rally to support him and lessen his burden ... This is the hand of God," Mugabe said at the service for the woman who supported Tsvangirai through years of political struggle against the veteran president.
"To our supporters we want to say violence should stop. That's what (Mrs) Tsvangirai would have wanted, for us to co-exist peacefully. We have just started a new life after years of fighting each other and insulting each other. We have said let's give peace and harmony a chance and work together."
Tsvangirai on Monday ruled out foul play as the cause of a car crash that injured him and killed his wife, easing concerns that it would increase tensions in the new government. Many Zimbabweans had been suspicious of the cause.
The tragedy comes at a difficult time for Tsvangirai.
Underlining the challenge he faces, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it could not disburse funding that Zimbabwe desperately needs until the country clears its arrears and demonstrates responsible economic policies.
The IMF's director for Africa, Antoinette Sayeh, denied media reports that an IMF mission currently in Zimbabwe -- the first in two years -- was discussing financial assistance.
"The Fund is not in a position to disburse resources to Zimbabwe, among other thing, because Zimbabwe is in arrears," she told Reuters on the sidelines of an IMF conference in the Tanzanian capital.
"CAN'T PAY ARREARS"
The southern African country badly needs Western donors and foreign investors to rescue its economy but external help will depend on the creation of a democratic government and reforms such as reversing plans for nationalization.
Sayeh said any lending would depend on support from other donors and agreement on an economic program "which credibly begins to address Zimbabwe's very, very serious problems."
"So all of that is to come. We're merely doing a stocktaking of recent developments in Zimbabwe with this mission that will report to our board when it returns to Washington," Sayeh added.
Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma earlier told Reuters in Harare that IMF lending to Zimbabwe depended on Harare's ability to push through reforms, but said the country had no means of paying arrears to the Fund.
The IMF suspended Zimbabwe's voting rights in June 2003, barring it from participating in IMF decisions as its economic situation deteriorated and the Mugabe government fell behind on paying its debts. Continued...
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