In an interview with a German newspaper Tutu said this would be in everybody’s interest and was the only way to stop the state-sponsored violence that has left more than 40 dead and thousands brutally beaten in the past four weeks.
Tutu did not expect a free and fair second-round ballot and had the impression Mugabe would not give up power of his own free will, the paper reported.
Tutu said Mugabe must be told he could either lead an illegitimate government and live with the consequences, “for example an indictment before the International Criminal Court due to the grave human rights violations” in his name, or accept a “soft landing” by resigning and perhaps living in exile.
Mugabe vowed on Friday he would not lose power to an opposition he said was backed by “a hostile axis of powerful foreign governments” and Western imperialists.
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