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MDC
insists on real power
Basildon
Peta, IOL
July
30, 2008
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20080730055206671C876221
The Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC) says it is not going to budge on its
demand for real executive power for its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai,
in the suspended negotiations that are expected to resume later
this week.
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF
rejected the MDC's demand in the negotiations in Pretoria on Monday,
offering Tsvangirai only one of three vice-presidencies in the government.
The impasse stalled the negotiations, though President Thabo Mbeki
said on Tuesday they would resume later this week.
Though Mbeki rarely comments
on the secret talks, on Tuesday he indirectly confirmed the hiccup
when he said the Zanu-PF and MDC negotiators "will be adjourning
shortly for a few days because they want to go back to Harare to
consult with their principals about the work that is being done".
Informed sources said
that unless Mugabe was prepared to offer Tsvangirai real executive
power, the talks would remain deadlocked.
The MDC wants Tsvangirai
to be at the helm of any transitional arrangement that might be
agreed upon.
Alternatively, it wants
Tsvangirai to be executive prime minister with Mugabe demoted to
a ceremonial role, although Zanu-PF would have an almost equal number
of cabinet ministers as the MDC.
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