Howard: We can't stop Zimbabwe from Commonwealth Games
Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2002

ANANOVA - The Commonwealth cannot bar Zimbabwe from attending the Commonwealth Games, Australian Prime Minister John Howard says.

Mr Howard says the Commonwealth does not have the power to keep it away.

The Commonwealth suspended Zimbabwe's membership following accusations of corruption and intimidation during the recent presidential election.

"Under the rules that we are operating under, we didn't have the capacity to prevent Zimbabwe from competing. That is a matter for the Commonwealth Games Federation," he told Australia's Channel Nine television network. MORE 

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