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Tsvangirai under pressure to sign deal...
By Goorge Nyathi 0-11-08
ZimEye(Harare) Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is under immense pressure from some sections of the civic society to act towards the conclusion of the power-sharing talks between his party and ZANU PF.
Pressure mounted on the former trade unionist on Thursday last week after some 'concerned' civic organizations boycotted a meeting called between the MDC and civic society in protest over the manner in which the MDC has been approaching the power sharing discussions with Zanu-PF.
Information obtained shows that there were some civic society organizations 'that have become disillusioned in the manner in which the MDC as a party and its leader, Tsvangirai have been approaching the heated debate over power sharing with President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party.'
The MDC is adamant that it would push for power transfer as opposed to power sharing that has been proposed by Zanu-PF, SADC, AU and the international community.
It believes that the 15 ministries allocated to Zanu-PF, 13 to itself and the other three ministries have been allocated to the breakaway formation of the MDC are not a reflection of the initial agreement the principals to the Zimbabwean crisis signed on September 15.
However, the party has continued to drag its feet over the power sharing talks, changing positions at every turn, even at a time when everybody was of the view that a deal would be signed.
This twisting and turning has, as a result created disillusionment amongst some members of civic society who believe the MDC leader is not concerned about the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe.
To ensure their disgruntlement is felt and appreciated, some civic society organization leaders did not turn up as usual for the meeting called to review the power sharing talks situation in the capital Thursday.
A source that attended the meeting told journalists soon after the meeting: 'Some people did not turn up for the meeting because they are of the feeling that there is a deliberate attempt by the MDC to delay the process. Those that turned up for the meeting subscribe to the reasons that Tsvangirai gave for the delays in the finalization of the talks.
The belief within the boycotters is that the MDC should, for now, accept what has been put on the table in the spirit of national progress and then leave the space for other issues affecting the conclusion of the talks to another time.
'We understand that their borne of contention is that the talks have dragged on for long at a time while hundreds of Zimbabweans continue to die due to hunger and starvation,' the source said Comments
