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Secrecy
still shrouds power-sharing deal, despite signing ceremony
Lance
Guma, SW Radio Africa
September 15, 2008
http://www.swradioafrica.com/news150908/secrecy150908.htm
Hours after
Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara signed the
historic power sharing deal
in Harare, Zimbabweans still remained in the dark about what it
entailed. All they knew was that Mugabe remained President, with
Tsvangirai the new Prime Minister deputised by Mutambara. MDC and
ZANU PF officials remained mum on when the details of the deal will
be made public, although speculation suggests it will be sometime
this week. What has added to the confusion is that the facilitator
Thabo Mbeki had indicated everything would be made public on Monday.
According to
details leaked, there will be a total of 31 government Ministries
after 13 new ones were created in the last few days. ZANU PF is
expected to run 15 of these, with the Tsvangirai MDC taking control
of 13 and the Mutambara MDC getting the remaining 3 cabinet posts.
Mugabe as President will chair Cabinet meetings deputised by Tsvangirai
while the MDC leader, as Prime Minister will chair a newly created
Council of Ministers that will supervise the work of Cabinet. Mugabe
will not sit in the Council of Ministers. In return for Mugabe controlling
the army the MDC has demanded control of the police.
Sources say
the ideal scenario for the MDC would be control of the Home Affairs,
Information, Finance, Justice and Foreign Affairs Ministries, but
this might turn out to be too hopeful. Although there is talk the
Ministry of State Security which controlled the dreaded CIO spy
agency will be scrapped it's not clear who will control the agency.
The Justice Ministry seems to have been split into 2 to create a
new ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services and its sister
Justice, Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs ministry.
The duration
of this new government also remains unclear. So far Newsreel understands
the deal will be reviewed after 18 months in which time a new constitution
will have been drafted. This could pave the way for fresh elections
should either party withdraw from the agreement. Mugabe has been
insisting the new government should run the country for 5 years
and it remains to be seen if his wish was granted. The opposition
had wanted only a short transitional period in which to allow for
democratic reforms and national healing before new elections are
held to settle the issue of absolute control.
Government
structure (as leaked so far)
President - Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister - Morgan Tsvangirai, 2
ZANU PF Vice President's, Vice Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and
2nd Vice Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe
Some of
the Ministries (as leaked so far)
- Prisons
and Correctional Services
- Economic
Planning and Development
- Industry
and Commerce
- Regional
Integration and International Trade
- Environment,
Natural Resources and Tourism
- Justice,
Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs
- State Enterprises
and Empowerment
- Public Works
and Rural Development
- Media, Information
and Publicity
- Information
Communication Technology
- Youth, Arts,
Sports and Culture
- Education
- Health
- Science
and technology
- Local Government
- Lands
- Agriculture
- Water Resources
- Public Service
- National
Housing and Social Amenities
- Transport
- Defence
- Home Affairs
- Foreign
Affairs
- Finance
- Labour and
Social Services
- Energy
- National
Housing
- Transport
- Water Resources
and Management
- Public Works
and Rural Development
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