An MDC official has accused Mugabe’s outspoken spokesman George Charamba of violating the Memorandum of Understanding signed between ZANU PF and the two MDC formations by using abusive and hateful language in his weekly column in state paper The Herald.

In his ‘Nathaniel Manheru’(Nathaniel at Night) weekly column in the state newspaper The Herald Charamba implied that MDC leader,Morgan Tsvangirai was half human.

“. unlike the Unity palaver with PF-Zapu in the 1980s, the current talks involve a political Minotaur (a part human and part bull creature) shaped and disfigured by a complex web of external interests whose sole goal is to teach revolutionary Southern Africa a sound lesson by defeating Zanu PF. “,
wrote Charamba

The accusation prompted the MDC official who requested anonymity to lash out,’These are the same people were are talking to so as to find a common solution to our nation ’s problems,yet Charamba continues to use this kind of language. How do they expect to work with us if they don’t respect our
leader?’,he asked.

“There are some in our (MDC) party who are treating these talks with utmost scepticism knowing ZANU PF’s solid history of insincerity.the ongoing violence,intimidation,NGO ban and Charamba’s language, these things just serve to harden their positions.”, the official a newly elected Member of Parliament said.

The MOU states under Interim measures section 10.2 that, ‘The Parties shall refrain from using abusive language that may incite hostility, political intolerance and ethnic hatred or undermine each other. ‘

Charamba who often uses coded language in his column went on celebrate that one of the MDC negotiators was dismissed,repeating a line from a story published by one website that has since been proved to be neither true nor credible.

The Nathaniel Manheru column was inherited from sacked Information minister Jonathan Moyo,who later exposed Charamba two years ago,”.George Charamba,Mugabe’s irresponsible and reckless wordsmith, who regularly violates his civil service oath and obligations by writing the Nathaniel
Manheru column in the Herald.”,wrote Jonathan Moyo in 2005.

Meanwhile an editorial in yesterday ’s The Herald indicates talks could be heading for another stalemate. The Herald which usually publishes ZANU PF policy maintains that the basis of the negotiations is the discredited run-off election which was described as “Neither free nor fair” by SADC,PAP and AU observers.

” If the will of the people is to be respected then it means the recognition of June 27. to abridge the constitutional process so that it ends on March 29 is to stifle that same will of the people.

The will of the people is reflected in Amendment Number 18, which created the run-off, and so June 27 is the will of the people.”,concludes the editorial.