The MDC has warned that irresponsible reporting under the direction of Mugabe’s spokeman George Charamba on the talks will effectively destroy the talks between it and ZANU PF.

On Thursday The Herald which usually publishes ZANU PF Press statements and positions as news said MDC faction leader Arthur Mutambara had signed a deal. The paper went on to repeat the mantra that Tsvangirai is a western puppet,despite a MOU clause warning against hateful language.

The MDC warned; ‘This report will fundamentally undermine and kill the dialougue. ..these are the actions of a desperate and cornered regime, which we find corrosive. We urge Zanu PF to desist from executing this sly, nicodimus and foolish process but to navigate Zimbabwe out of the current crisis.”

The MDC also blasted ZANU PF ‘s moves to approach MDC Mps while the talks were going on,
‘… from yesterday to now Zanu PF government ministers and functionaries including CIO agents have approached an extensive number of our members of parliament asking them to submit their CVs and asking them to be part of a Mugabe’s mendacious and dishonest government. ‘

‘An opportunity has been presented through dialogue for a fresh start and restart. Lets us all finish this process honestly and decently’,the MDC said.

It has since emerged that Charamba gave the state paper the highly sensitive talks documents to publish,but some of the contents of the said agreement had been doctored.

Charamba belongs to the Mnagagwa faction and was major player in the ill-fated Ndiyane plot in December 2004 which was meant to catapult Mnagagwa to the vice presidency, Charamba drafted a speech for Mnangagwa for the event and hired a plane for the meeting.

The Mnangagwa faction is reportedly strongly opposed to any meaningful power sharing deal and is in favour of a cosmetic deal through accommodating a willing partner, the Mutambara faction. Already almost all 10 Mutambara faction MPs have been approached by the faction,some using close friends.