MDC Takes Finance
A senior ZANU PF official has confirmed that the parties have agreed the MDC would control the finance ministry, which is crucial for reviving Zimbabwe’s ruined economy and attracting foreign investment. “I understand the Ministry of Finance has been settled in favour of the MDC, but that proposals on how to handle the Ministry of Home Affairs are still being discussed behind closed doors. We have no details on that,” the source told reporters.
Yesterday U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee offered a bleak assessment of the dynamics of the uneasy relationship between the partners in the proposed unity government.
McGee told a foreign policy audience at Freedom House in Washington that President Robert Mugabe and hardliners in his longtime ruling ZANU-PF party are stalling on the implementation of the power-sharing agreement signed on Sept. 15 and would continue to do so.
McGee described that agreement as “highly imperfect,” as Mr. Mugabe and prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai, founder of the Movement for Democratic Change which emerged from opposition to majority in parliament in March elections, “will have what appear to be equivalent powers,” so it is unclear how government policies will be set.
“We can expect continued absence of good will from President Mugabe and his allies as they attempt to cling to power and continue to enrich themselves,” McGee said.
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on October 17, 2008. Filed under Local News.
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