Mugabe to table sanctions issue at SADC

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will table the issue of the West's
economic sanctions at the SADC Summit to be held in Angola next month.


This after more than 2,2 million Zimbabweans signed a National
Anti-Sanctions Petition, Zanu-PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo said.

He said that Zimbabweans countrywide had signed the petition following the
launch of a campaign in March. It drew people from all walks of life, among
them academics, political, business and religious leaders, Zimbabwe's Herald
Online reported on Tuesday.

Gumbo said the issue would also be raised at other regional and
international forums such as the African Union and the United Nations.

"We have collected more than two million signatures and we are waiting for
the President to announce the decision on the results of the campaign. He
[Mugabe] will go with that result to the forthcoming Sadc summit to be held
in Angola next month."