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SADC
denies giving Harare green light to form cabinet before conclusion
of talks
Blessing
Zulu, VOA News
August 28, 2008
http://voanews.com/english/Africa/Zimbabwe/2008-08-28-voa49.cfm
A top Zimbabwe
government and Zanu PF official says president Robert Mugabe will
defy the opposition and form a new government despite stalled talks
on a unity government. Deputy information minister Bright Matonga
told South African Public Broadcaster SAFM that the regime needs
to work on the economy because in his words people are suffering.
Matonga says president Mugabe is acting based on the mandate of
the SADC regional bloc. But the SADC has denied the claim it gave
president Mugabe the mandate to appoint a new cabinet.
SADC executive secretary Tomaz Salamao told VOA that though he is
not allowed to comment on the talks because of the pledge made by
the parties not to comment to the media, "it is not true that
his body gave Harare the green light to appoint a new cabinet."
The talks are expected to resume in Pretoria Friday and the Movement
for Democratic Change formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai is expected
to begin by petitioning president Thabo Mbeki the SADC appointed
mediator on recent developments. The party says it will protest
the convening of parliament by Mugabe without the consent of the
other parties, the continued arrests and harassment of its members
of parliament and Mugabe's threat to form a new cabinet even
before the talks have been concluded.
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