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Unity government talks have failed - MDC
Staff
Reporter 01-10-08
As Zimbabwe plunged into a record banking chaos, talks to conclude the formation of an inclusive government ended in a
stalemate on Tuesday after the two leaders President Robert Mugabe and
opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to agree on cabinet sharing.
An hour-long meeting between the two leaders failed to hammer a positive result with President Mugabe suggesting that MDC remain a junior government partner with minor ministries.
MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said Mugabe wants an exclusive ZANU PF government therefore denying the opposition to assume key ministries.
"He wants to grab all the resource ministries like finance, home affairs, information, justice and make the MDC a peripheral player. We will end up in but out of government," Chamisa said.
No immediate comment could be obtained from ZANU PF.
Chamisa added that communication has already been opened with the mediator, SADC and the African Union who were the guarantees to the power sharing deal.
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki who was ousted from the Presidential seat last week, and is the official mediator, is expected in Harare this week to help ease the bitter tension between Mugabe and the MDC.
Independent analysts have since suggested that Mugabe would not be of the idea to recall Mbeki’s mediation since he had convinced the world that all was well and that a government could be formed by the end of week.
“The return of Mbeki to Harare to begin fresh talks is an indictment on Mugabe who last week told the world at the UN General Assembly that talks between him and the opposition would be concluded this week,” said one analyst on condition of anonymity.
The deadlock is worrisome development for Zimbabweans who had hoped things would brighten up if a new cabinet could be formed this week.
Over five million Zimbabweans are in dire need of food assistance in rural areas where they are now surviving on wild fruits.
Humanitarian organisations are yet to reach out to affected families after the lifting of the ban for them to operate in rural areas where ZANU PF was suspecting they were campaigning for the opposition.
