Zimbabwe Resolution passes US Senate

May 1st, 2008

Washington D.C. – May 1, 2008 – The United States Senate passed a resolution on Zimbabwe calling on President Robert Mugabe to accept the results of the Zimbabwe parliamentary election. Mugabe, whose term of office expired in March 2008, was asked to step down from the presidency.

Senate John Kerry introduced the Resolution on April 24th. It was passed unanimously by the Senate on April 29th. S. Res. 533 is being co-sponsored by:

Senator Joseph Biden [D-DE]
Senator Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Senator Hillary Clinton [D-NY]
Senator Norm Coleman[R-MN]
Senator Chris Dodd [D-CT]
Senator Russell Feingold [D-WI]
Senator John Isakson [R-GA]
Senator Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Senator Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Senator Barack Obama [D-IL]

S. Res. 533 expresses the sense of the U.S. Senate regarding the political situation in Zimbabwe. It states that the people of Zimbabwe voted for change on March 29th, hence Mugabe must make a peaceful transition to democratic rule. It also calls for bold leadership from neighboring African nations.

Read Senate Resolution 533

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