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Mnangagwa:We will sign deal with Mutambara

Emmerson Mnagagwa,the Joint Operations Command Chairman has said they will go ahead and sign a power sharing deal with leader of an MDC faction Arther Mutambara and will be appointed Prime Minister.

“Tsvangirai is not special,we will go ahead and rule with Mutambara”, he was overhead saying as the ZANU PF delegation left Rainbow Towers on Tuesday night.

The Tsvangirai led MDC has flatly declined ZANU PF ‘s proposal that as Prime Minister Tsvangirai would control only the finance,local government and home affairs portfolios in the cabinet,while all executive power will vested on the president, including appointing the cabinet, powers to dismiss the Prime Minister,dismissing a cabinet member and chairing the cabinet.

If ZANU PF goes ahead and signs the deal it will likely split the faction,already as rumours spread yesterday evening an MDC MPs in the faction,Edward Tshotsho Mkhosi,MDC-Mangwe told Metro that if any such deal is made he will quit the faction.

“No I will not watch history being repeated,we have seen ZANU PF’s strategy of divide and rule in the past and this time it will not work,not this time.”,he said.

Another MP told the Telegraph,”If this has happened I don’t agree,” said Abednico Bhebe,MDC-Nkayi South. “This will be disastrous. None of us will go with him. He would be committing political suicide.”

Sen.David Coltart,MDC-Khumalo, said: “If that happened I don’t agree and I doubt the majority of our executive would support that decision.”

Mutambara lost a parliament bid in Zengeza West to trade unionist Collen Gwiyo of the faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai.

The loss followed embarrassing loses by the faction Vice President Gibson Sibanda,Secretary General Welshman Ncube,Treasurer Fletcher Ndulini Ncube,its Defense secretary Job Sikhala.

Already during the talks the Mutambara MDC faction pushed for an amendment of No. 19 so as increase appointed senators from five to 21.

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