Mutumbara on Mugabe: Shape up or Ship Out
Harare, October 20, 2009 – Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister, Arthur Mutambara has warned President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party on stalling the progress of the inclusive government minutes, saying ‘Mugabe must shape up or ship out .’
Addressing a press briefing in the capital Harare ahead of a meeting with Mugabe on Monday, Mutambara who is one of the principles of the Global political Agreement(GPA), blamed Mugabe and his party for the constitutional crisis gripping the country following the suspension of government duty by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
“I will tell President Robert Mugabe in our meeting today that you are President because of negotiations and the GPA.If this inclusive government collapses you seize to be the President of Zimbabwe and you will be an illegitimate leader,” Mutambara said.
“No-one in SADC or AU will accept you as leader, shape up or ship out.You have limited options, let us find ways of working together.”
Mutambara said his party is equally dismayed like the MDC led by Tsvangirai on the inclusive government delay in the resolving of outstanding issues.
“The SADC commnique in January, before the formation of the inclusive government, is clear on the appointment of governors, the central bank governor and the attorney general. That document is binding,” said Mutambara.
Zanu PF has of late been arguing that the so called outstanding issues are not part of the GPA .
Mutambara said the country is in a constitutional crisis after the unwarranted arrest of Roy Bennett last week and urged SADC to seize the Zimbabwe crisis ‘immediately’.
Posted by Raymond Mhaka
on October 20, 2009. Filed under Main Headline.
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