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CPIA applauds the signing of the power sharing agreement
Center For Peace Initiatives In Africa (CPIA)
September 16, 2008

What happened on Monday, 15 September 2008, at the Rainbow Towers Conference Centre was truly historical. The Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa would like to join other Zimbabweans - organisations and individuals - in congratulating President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister-Designate Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister-Designate Arthur Mutambara for burying their differences and putting their signatures onto the Power Sharing Document.

When President Thabo Mbeki officiated at the ceremony and proceeded to invite the three leaders to make a few remarks there was a collective sigh of relief and spontaneous joy in the Conference Centre and throughout the country. Zimbabweans had been waiting for this day with batted breath, a day that will no doubt mark a new beginning in terms of their personal lives and the political and economic fortunes of the country. We sincerely hope that the agreement will ensure that never again shall sons and daughters of Zimbabwe be at each others throat.

We sincerely hope that the selection and configuration of the Cabinet will underline the same spirit of maturity and a sense of purpose that characterised the process that culminated in the crafting of the power sharing deal.

At a conference held in Vumba on 9 - 12 September, CPIA was requested, among other things, to 'lobby Parliament to pass an Act on Reconciliation, Justice and Peace and recommend the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission'. We are delighted that the agreement signed on Monday has provision for such mechanism. We are convinced that for the country to start on a clean slate and move forward in harmony and unity, a genuine healing process is a priority. In this regard CPIA is convening a Conference in Mutare, on 14 - 17 October 2008 to discuss the way forward.

Like other patriotic and peace-loving Zimbabweans, CPIA supports and stands ready to do whatever possible to promote the Power Sharing Document.

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