Mugabe 'should hold new election'

The main opposition leader in Zimbabwe has said that if Robert Mugabe cannot agree at the negotiating table to surrender most of his powers, he should put the decision to his people in a new election, the main opposition leader said.

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, in his first major speech since entering into power-sharing talks with Mugabe, said he was proposing that he be head of government and Mugabe, who has ruled since independence from Britain in 1980, be head of state – the latter a largely ceremonial position.