The MDC has dismised a report that appeared in a london based website that claimed that one of the observers to the talks,MDC Women’s league Chair and Harare North MP,Theresa Makone was last night ejected from the talks for
allegedly leaking information to the media.

‘That report is completely false’ MDC Information Officer, Luke Tamborinyoka told Metro.

Another MDC official said the report has a malicious intent,’That report is a complete fabrication, its smear tactic against Theresa,they should tell us what information she leaked because there was no information leaked to the
media in the past five days(of negotiations),why would Biti hunt for a mole that did not exist in the first place,after all reports of a deadlock are hardly a leak and the presidential spokesman has since confirmed that”, he said.

Metro has also learned that Theresa Makone was present at a report back meeting between Morgan Tsvangirai and all his team of MDC negotiators in SA.

Meanwhile there appears to be conflicting reports from the MDC factions over the talks,with the MDC led by Tsvangirai saying the talks have reached a stalemate but a rival faction insists the talks are going ahead.

One of the sticking points was what position MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai would get in an ‘inclusive government’.

MDC President’s spokesman George Sibotshiwe said the talks had stalled “We cannot discuss the main issues, we can only say that they are in a deadlock and that the parties will consult with their principals,” Mr Sibotshiwe said.

“If the sticking points are resolved then the talks will resume,” he said.

Another senior MDC official said the proposal to name Mr Tsvangirai third vice-president showed a “complete lack of sincerity and the need to really address the issues and problems Zimbabwe is facing”.

MDC (Mutambara) Deputy spokesman, Renson Gasela said the talks are still on course, ‘There is no deadlock, remember these people have been talking for 5 days and five nights they need to reach an agreement. What is happening now is a normal adjournment’, he said.

MDC political liaison officer in South Africa Nqobizitha Mlilo declined to comment.

The two ZANU PF representatives Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche to the negotiations are reportedly back in Harare.

A media blackout has been imposed on the talks, but party sources have suggested to journalists that President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has offered the Movement for Democratic Change’s supremo, Morgan Tsvangirai, the
post of third vice-president, alongside the existing Zanu-PF vice-presidents, Joyce Mujuru and Joseph Msika.

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