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From: TimF	9/19/2007 5:41:31 PM
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Zimbabweans Advocate Retirement Package for Mugabe By Peter Clottey Washington, D.C. 19 September 2007 Clottey Interview With ICG's Andebrhan Giovis audio clip Listen to Clottey Interview With ICG's Andebrhan Giovis audio clip The International Crisis Group (ICG) says some Zimbabweans are in favor of a retirement package, which would be attractive enough for President Robert Mugabe to step down. It could include granting immunity to president Mugabe from prosecution while safeguarding his wealth. At the same time the ICG HAS warned that time has run out for next year’s elections to be free and fair. Meanwhile, the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Tuesday backed a bill, which would allow Mugabe to choose a successor after a compromise on the bill that would also limit the president’s power to appoint members of parliament. Andebrhan Giovis is a senior advisor to the Africa program of the International Crisis Group in South Africa. From the capital Pretoria, he tells reporter Peter Clottey that what Zimbabweans are advocating forms part of a solution to resolve the country’s political crisis. “It’s the Zimbabweans political forces who agreed guaranteeing President Mugabe immunity from prosecution and also security for his person, his family, and his assets is something they accept in return for his retirement. So may be African leaders can help convince him to step down in return for this deal is part of a retirement package. But it is the political forces and the people of Zimbabwe who must do that,” Giovis pointed out. He said the proposal forms part of a bigger picture to resolve the political impasse between the ruling ZANU-PF government and the opposition MDC... voanews.com marginalrevolution.com

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