Zimbabwe dismisses calls for Kenya-style coalition

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt-Zimbabwe on Tuesday dismissed calls for a Kenya-style grand coalition government to resolve its election crisis, saying the way out would be decided the "Zimbabwean way".President Robert Mugabe, 84, was sworn in for a new five-year term on Sunday after election authorities announced he had won a landslide victory in a one-candidate presidential run-off ballot that was boycotted by the opposition."Kenya is Kenya. Zimbabwe is Zimbabwe. We have our own history of evolving dialogue and resolving political impasses the Zimbabwean way. The Zimbabwean way, not the Kenyan way. Not at all," Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba told journalists at an African Union summit in Egypt."The way out is a way defined by the Zimbabwe people, free from outside interference, and that is exactly what will resolve the matter," he said.South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai negotiate a unity government, a South African newspaper said.The report came as African leaders discussed the Zimbabwe crisis at the AU summit in Sharm El-Sheikh amid calls for the continent to condemn Mugabe for holding the election, which was marred by violence.African leaders are expected to push for talks on a power-sharing deal between Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change.
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