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(TALKZIMBABWE) Zanu-PF youths issue ultimatum to Tsvangirai

Zanu-PF youths issue ultimatum to Tsvangirai
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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:02:00 +0000

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been told to call for the removal of the illegal economic sanctions by March 24 or "risk action from the youths of Zimbabwe".

In a petition to Tsvangirai, who is also the prime minister in the inclusive Government, Zanu-PF Harare Provincial Youth League members said the sanctions were illegal according to the United Nations Charter went against the principles of customary international law.

"We thereby call upon the Prime Minister RM Tsvangirai following the inevitable evidence given to us by British Foreign Secretary D. Miliband to call for the immediate removal of sanctions.

"We ask for your immediate response within a period of a month," the petition stated.

Addressing hundreds of youths who gathered outside Zanu-PF Headquarters in Harare yesterday, Zanu-PF secretary for information Rugare Gumbo said the MDC-T leader called for the sanctions and must call for their removal.

"The sanctions were called on to facilitate regime change in Zimbabwe, but we will fight them until they are removed," Gumbo said.

Youth Affairs secretary Absolom Sikhosana said they had been quiet for 10 years while the sanctions destroyed the nation.

"It is the youths’ duty to show their outrage at the extension of the illegal sanctions so that the one who called for them will call for their withdrawal," he said.

Last week, the European Union renewed its illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe, claiming that Zanu-PF had not fully implemented the Global Political Agreement, which led to the formation of an inclusive Government between Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations.

It was not clear what action the youths will take after the expiration of the ultimatum.

Labels: MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, ZANU-PF

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