Deal still on the cards, invites sent out
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August 9, 2008 | By Philip Mangena | © zimbabwemetro.com ⋅
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President Robert Mugabe will sign a power-sharing deal today with MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister,Metro has established. Parliament which the MDC controls is also likely to be convened as early as Tuesday.
There was a flurry of activity at the Rainbow towers where the MOU was signed two weeks ago and security agents have already condoned off some areas on the property,but there were no significant decorations yet.
Meetings were held at state house and at the South African embassy early in the morning and dragged through the afternoon until this evening.
There are unconfirmed reports that invitations have already been sent out to diplomats and other guests who should attend the ceremony when the power-sharing deal is signed.
Metro has established from one of the negotiators that Mugabe would be retained as executive president, while Tsvangirai would occupy the post of executive Prime Minister.
“We have agreed to adopt a system which is almost similar to the French model, in which both the president and the prime minister wield executive authority”, the negotiator said.
“Generally, we have been agreed on many issues. Everybody acknowledged that the people have suffered for too long as a result of the economic hardships caused by political bickering between us and them.”
The two security ministries, Defence and State Security were left to ZANU PF after insistence by the Joint Operation Commands but they will be deputized by the MDC. However the MDC will take over home affairs and justice.
JOC members also wanted assurances that the MDC will not take away farms that were distributed by the government in the chaotic land reforms and the MDC had to release a statement affirming that it will not reverse the land grab.
An “MDC government would ask the international community and multilateral lenders to help compensate farmers whose farms were confiscated by Mugabe’s government since 2000″, the MDC said in an e-mailed statement on Friday.
In a related development Metro has established from sources in the Mutambara led MDC faction which controls the crucial 10 seats in Parliament that the party’s secretary general Welshman Ncube will likely take up a single cabinet post offered to them in the government not the leader of the formation Arthur Mutambara.
The faction will have two posts in the inclusive government one in the cabinet and another deputising another key ministry and Bulilima MP Moses Mzila Ndlovu has already been earmarked for it.
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If thsi is true then we are in for trouble as this will not change anything. MDC HAS SOLD OUT!!!! If they are not in charge of the security then even after the 2 or 5 yrs they will never, never take power from zpf. If THE ZPF REFUSE WITH THE SECURITY let them rule donot sign.You are not doing any favour to the country by agreeing to all this as the international community will refuse with aid. Do not compare yourself with Kenya because Kibaki never murdered anybody unlike Mugabe.Giving him amnesty is enough but to go on and legitimise him and giving him power is treasonous.These issues should have been debated with your supporters . Any way wish you luck in your new found gnu.
This will be the greatest thing to happen to our country. God bless our beautiful country.
i think TM has very little choices , but to dine with the enemy, hoping it will do good to the nation… this thing can go either way… it can turn out to be very good or extremely bad…but in that GNU i shal continuw to suppotrt my leader….People have bein waiting , please break the news……
This is the GREATEST BETRAYAL of all time.Mugabe had been cornered from all angles,now this.I was willing to suffer longer and have Mugabe face justice.All those 122 people who were murdered mean nothing.oh Tandare my brother,had you known,the Chiminyas have been betrayed all for a POWERLESS Prime Minister’s position.Tsvangirayi if this true,please don’t sink so law.
Please edit your articles properly. You wanted to say ‘Imminent’ not ‘eminent’. Munonyadzisa!
How authentic is this article? It has yesterday’y date yet it talks of todays events in the present tense NewZim com has a totally different report. Not that I believe nezim.com more..
we are in deeper trouble than before
I agree completely with Mbuya More. We can certainly wait a couple of more months as soon Zanu will not have the capacity to pay the soldiers and the police and they will cede power. Mobutu and other dictators faced the same fate. If the MDC agree to an a power sharing arrangement in which JOC retains control of the army, then we have done nothing. Everyone knows that the Police can easily be overrun by the army as they do not have the armunation nor the training to fight a war. Controlling the the Home Affairs ministry therefore means nothing as long as the JOC is still in power. In any case what is it that these people (Zanu) want to do for Zimbabwe which they could not do for the past 30 years. Quite clearly they just want to use MDC to get themselves off the hook and enjoy their loot. I see a situation in which if the MDC agree to a power sharing agreement which the people of Zimbabwe do not accept, they will be disowned and a new movement will be formed. This will be a real tragedy given the sacrifices they made. They should hold on, kwatave kuenda kwave pedyo nekwatabva.
It never ceases to amaze me. MDC is not capable of running itself properly let alone a govt.Mr Tsvangirayi has been made a headmaster pasina chikoro chacho.What a shame