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Mugabe May Quit for Immunity

Opposition wary of overtures

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 4, 2008 6:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Aides for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe are in secret talks with leaders of the country's opposition to negotiate a transfer of power, the Guardian reports.  Mugabe may step down in exchange for immunity for past crimes, according to sources. But Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change are treating Mugabe's overtures with caution.

Aides have warned if the opposition does not agree to Mugabe's requests, he'll declare emergency rule, void the results of last week's election and hold a new one three months from now. Although by all accounts Tsvangirai swept to victory in Saturday's vote, no results have been published. Mugabe's party, Zanu-PF, has lost control of parliament for the first time since the end of white rule.

Pots of food on sale at a mini bus tavi terminal in  Harare, Thursday, April 3, 2008. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is pondering conflicting advice on whether to cede power.
Pots of food on sale at a mini bus tavi terminal in Harare, Thursday, April 3, 2008. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is pondering conflicting advice on whether to cede power.   (AP Photo)
Men talk by the posters of the leader of Zimbabwe African National Union--Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), Zimbabwean incumbent President Robert Mugabe, in Harare.
Men talk by the posters of the leader of Zimbabwe African National Union--Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), Zimbabwean incumbent President Robert Mugabe, in Harare.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Xin)
Zimbabwe's  President Robert Mugabe, centre, meets  with head of the African Union Observer Mission members  at Zimbabwe House in Harare, Thursday, April, 3, 2008.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, centre, meets with head of the African Union Observer Mission members at Zimbabwe House in Harare, Thursday, April, 3, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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