Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai rejects unity govt

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader MorganTsvangirai on Tuesday ruled out suggestions of a national unitygovernment, saying his party was sure to win a presidentialrunoff despite government violence.

Tsvangirai told a news conference in Harare that Zimbabwewas being run by a military junta and 66 supporters of hisMovement for Democratic Change (MDC) had been killed sincedisputed March elections.

But he rejected calls for the June 27 run-off againstPresident Robert Mugabe to be cancelled because of theviolence.

"Following the announcement of the date for the run-off,no-one can change that due process unless Robert Mugabeconcedes defeat, or collapses. It therefore means that agovernment of national unity negotiated before the runoff doesnot arise," Tsvangirai said.

Ruling ZANU-PF defector and former finance minister SimbaMakoni said earlier the poll must be called off because a freeand fair vote was impossible.

Makoni's statement came after a similar call by U.S.-basedHuman Rights Watch, which said brutal intimidation and murderby supporters of President Robert Mugabe made normalcampaigning impossible.

"This country is effectively being run by a military junta,66 people have been killed and 200 unaccounted for," Tsvangiraisaid.

An EU-U.S. summit in Slovenia on Tuesday called on theZimbabwe government "immediately to cease the state-sponsoredviolence and intimidation against its people."

It urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to sendmonitors to Zimbabwe to deter further violence.

Makoni, who challenged Mugabe in disputed March 29elections, told reporters in Johannesburg that Tsvangirai mustnegotiate a five-year transitional government.

(Additional reporting by Emelia Sithole-Matarise; Writingby Marius Bosch; Editing by Barry Moody)