The top Africa envoy for the United States told reporters in South Africa Thursday that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was the "clear" victor in last month's presidential election.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer is visiting southern Africa to consult with the region's governments on Zimbabwe's election crisis. Almost four weeks after Zimbabweans voted in elections on March 29, the government has failed to release the results of presidential polling.
"The most credible results we have today are a clear victory for Morgan Tsvangirai in the first round and maybe a total victory," Frazer said, according to Agence France-Presse. Frazer added that "there should be a change."
Zimbabwe's electoral law requires that a presidential candidate receive more than 50 percent of votes cast to avoid a run-off. Unofficial results and reports have indicated that Tsvangirai received about 50 percent.
According to the Associated Press, Frazer acknowledged the possibility that negotiations between the ruling party, led by President Robert Mugabe, and the opposition may be necessary. "There may need to be a political solution, a negotiated solution," she said.
Reuters reported that Frazer, citing the long delay in releasing results, told reporters: "We now doubt the credibility of any results that would be released."
She added that she supports an arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as proposed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Brown and the leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, Jacob Zuma, met in London on Thursday. In a joint statement, they called for "an end to any violence and intimidation and stress the importance of respect for the sovereign people of Zimbabwe and the choice they have made at the ballot box."
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Frazer a black girl and I am racist? Nonsense! Look her in the skin; she wears a beautiful black skin like mine. You dont want blacks to be called black when it solitarily comes to supporting imperialist supremacy that is racism. It is America that started with Negro acts separating schools and economy according to skin and the logic starts from there. Frazer is YOUNG, BLACK, EDUCATED, and an AMERICAN and all these attributes have some behavioral connotations. The girl has been warped by yesteryear America. Today young people in America no longer wants their government to impede in other nations evolves. Frazer being young she chooses to serve the old guard by running around Africa announcing statements that not only interfere with internal agendas of other nations but her declarations incite anger against the American people. When Bush jnr and Al Gore squared on election the process went through American legal process that was respected by all other countries, no one government official from any part of the world preposterously announced the winner, and the American electorate was never put to panic. We do have our personal views on any election and it is not the mandate of any government official to incite chaos, the mandate and power to announce presidential winners in our part of the world is through a properly constituted election commission. Frazer is black thus making Africa her place of origin, the struggles of African people in Europe and America is the struggle of dejection and identity pitied against white oppressors. The existence of Black history in America explain the predominance of white racism versus people of color, Frazer is educated enough to challenge the economic imbalances that define and exalt emancipation of a black race. In Africa Frazer must look at empowering fellow black natives who seem to live under white superiority even though this is their continent of origin. Frazer is clever enough to understand that blacks in Africa can only prosper if they have total control of arable land. Frazer must also understand that Africans will make it soon if businesses in Africa are controlled by Africans for there has been excessive theft of resources by westerners before. Jendayi is fully aware of the effects of Americas Zimbabwe Democracy Bill in terms of international trade to Zimbabwe. An architect of an American bill that has put our country to a trade crisis is now announcing its winner its a shame. Zimbabwe is full of foreigners who are doing business and making profits, anyone is free to come and do business but imperial businesses that are bent to reverse the gains of our struggle by siphoning resources and enslaving the natives without empowering them are otherwise not acceptable. We are a true example of how the west enslave other people so please dont preach free markets and free opportunities here.
Some black girl (Jendayi Frazer) from the United States is running wild like a headless chicken in the land of her ancestors! In Kenya, her country of birth dishonored her statements about clear genocide for reasons of economic interests. In Zimbabwe her country is not an election observer and journalists from her country stables are not allowed for their biased reporting. Surprise, surprise, the girl announces a winner, some Morgan Tsvangirai, what a miraculous fortune teller. We like Morgan here in Zimbabwe, he is our presidential aspirant ready to occupy state house if ZEC announces him winner of the just ended presidential elections. The gist of the matter here is USA can not swallow the idea of a win by another presidential aspirant called Robert Mugabe even if the parliamentary votes for the aspirants 2 parties are almost at even tally. The electorate had shown interest in both candidates but America cannot have it. Mugabe must go, to hell with the electorates desires says Frazer. To announce results for elections by Jendayi is to show shallow thinking, arrogance, brain impairment and utter disregard for the Zimbabwean electorate and its constitutional laws. Given the international standing of Mugabe as a war plotter and participant to dislodge colonialism and liberate Zimbabwe from American cousins (Britain), Mugabe as that terrorist who fought guerrilla warfare and formed black majority government in 1980, Mugabe that african who embarked on massive national education to bring literacy to 96% to native people, Mugabe that despot who took all land from white settlers to dish it to african blacks (considered under-class people in American circles), Mugabe who is taking all national strategic business and pushing for 51% for natives, and Mugabe who is about to ignite land reclamation in all Africa and beyond. Where will be American interest in terms of resources in Africa? Then it becomes simple to understand those hysterical tantrums from Frazer against the Zimbabwean leader.
Why has this got to do with her being a Black girl from the United states? You already lost your argumet with that very first racist statement.Use your logic parliamentary elections results were already officially anounced by ZEC and their version showed a victory for MDC not Zanu. Zanu must concede defeat. Another fact is which voter is going to be stupid enough to vote for MDC for parliament and then switch sides to vote for Mugabe ? There is no logic there. If I am unhappy with a political party how can I support its leaders independently makes no sense. Jendayi Frazer is only stating what is so obvious.
Democracy must be allow to prevail meaning the will of the people must be the order of the day. You are very short sih sighted to basically attack Jendai Frazer for whose position represent the will of the electorate. President mugagbe needs to go. Days of kingship are gone where one clan of family will pass down power to each other rejecting the will of the majority. Mugabe is a signing example of disgrace to africa and dictatorship. With objection to democracy when will Africa develop? The course of our suffering and underdevelopment is our failure to embrace democracy and modern development projects. Our leaders behaviors are characterize by greed, dishonesty, and lack of love and respect to the will of the people. Same on these african leaders.
Taken land from whites is a political move on the part of mugabe to seal himself to the presidency. I truely believe it is not for the love of our people because it is wrong. Africa belongs to all who desire africa development. Africans in country like America own land a and houses. regardless of their status, if they can afford it, it is theirs. Those people whose land are wrongfully taken from them are white and they are zimbabwe citizens. Under the law they have equal protection. so thei
Frazer was wrong to issue statements without much evidence. Independent monitors, insiders of ZEC, and others repeatedly stated that there was no clear winner. So why issue a statement that has no evidence. Zimbabwe election commission (ZEC) has both MDC and other oppossition parties and the ruling party. It is not composed entirely of Zanu-pf. Nobody claimed Tsvangirai had the majority win! So, why Frazer issue such a statement.
It is obvious her statement has not moved SADC members, nor has there been a major strike in Zimbabwe. Hyperbolic statements from the Western world excite nobody nowadays. Just look at the liar George bush's statements about Iraq and the mass murder of the people of Iraq, all based on huge hyperbolic statements. Tony Blair "his anglo Pooh" also issued several useless statements and flat out lies about Iraq and continues to lie about Zimbabwe.
So...What is new about "huge" useless statement!!!