Talks collapse
Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, said no progress was made in the talks.
“We came to this meeting hoping we would put the people’s plight to rest and conclude these power-sharing discussions,” Tsvangirai told reporters on Monday as he left the talks.
“Unfortunately, there’s been no progress because the very same outstanding issues on the agenda … are the same issues that are creating this impasse.
“For us as the MDC, this is probably the darkest day of our lives, for the whole nation is waiting,” he said.
A unity government is seen as the best chance of preventing total collapse in once-prosperous Zimbabwe, where prices double every day and more than 2,000 people have died in a cholera epidemic.
A September power-sharing agreement has stalled amid fighting over who should control key ministries and regional leaders have failed to secure a compromise, despite international calls for stronger action.
Tsvangirai reiterated that the MDC was committed to the power-sharing deal but only if Mugabe ceded control of powerful ministries, such as home affairs, finance and information.
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on January 20, 2009. Filed under Local News.
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