Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe Dismisses Western Calls for Him to Step Down

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has dismissed calls from the West demanding he step down, calling the U.S. and UK “stupid and foolish” for making the statements.

Mugabe has faced intense scrutiny from Western countries following a failed power-sharing deal that was to bring his ZANU-PF party into a coalition government with Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

That power-sharing deal has crumbled as Mugabe has refused to make the concessions that had been agreed upon and that has resulted in several countries pulling aid from the country while he remains in power.

Mugabe attacked U.S. President George Bush for his stance on Zimbabwe calling his criticisms the ‘last kicks of a dying horse.”

While Mugabe has criticized Bush the UK has backed the U.S. position declaring Mugabe was “an absolute impossible obstacle.”

Mugabe has held power since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980. He lost the presidential election earlier this year but it was determined Tsvangirai had not secured a large enough majority and a second round of voting was ordered. Tsvangirai dropped out of the race with less than a week before the vote after calling the elections flawed and accusing Mugabe of using intimidation and violence to keep MDC supporters from the polls.

For months following the election, which Mugabe won unopposed, South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki held power-sharing talks and had an agreement in place but the deal has never been instituted in large part to Mugabe’s refusal to adhere to the conditions.

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