<img title="Image: http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.zimbabwe.funeral_497821286.jpg&amp;size=article_medium" src="http://www.myvivvo.com/thumbnail.php?file=art.zimbabwe.funeral_497821286.jpg&amp;size=article_medium" alt="At funeral opposition leader criticizes Zimbabwes president">
										
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								<span>Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had harsh 
words for President Robert Mugabe on Sunday, as he stood near the casket
 of a man he says was killed by Mugabe's supporters.<br><br>"This is a 
clear testimony of the callousness of this regime," Tsvangirai said to a
 funeral procession of hundreds gathered outside the capital city of 
Harare.<br><br>"They can kill us. They can maim us. But we are going on 
the 27th of June, our hearts dripping with blood, to vote him out of 
office."<br><br>Tsvangirai was referring to the date of the runoff 
election with Mugabe. On Sunday, Tsvangirai was at the funeral of 
Tonderai Ndira, a senior member of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic 
Change party who was kidnapped and shot to death, according to MDC party
 members.<br><br>MDC members have accused Mugabe supporters of the attack, along with other election-related violence.<br><br>A
 Mugabe Cabinet member has denied that the government had any role in 
the killing, and said the report was an effort by the MDC to gain 
international sympathy.<br><br>The fallout from the controversial March 
29 election has caused international concern. The Zimbabwe Electoral 
Commission, after a long delay, ruled that neither candidate won the 
required majority of votes, and scheduled a runoff election for June 27.<br><br>Tsvangirai,
 who claims he won the first election, wants international observers to 
monitor the second round of voting, but Mugabe's government has turned 
down the demand.<br><br>Since the March balloting, there have been 
numerous reports from the MDC and church groups about kidnappings, 
torture and other violence, including the deaths of opposition party 
members. They say the violence targets opponents of Mugabe and his 
Zanu-PF party.<br><br>Mugabe has ruled the southern African country since it became independent 28 years ago.</span>
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