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Constitutional Gobbledygook
Geoff Candy,
Moneyweb
September 16, 2008
http://www.moneyweb.co.za
Zim's woes are
far from over. Power sharing agreements like the one signed today
by Zanu PF and the opposition MDC have not really worked in the
past, says Dr Frederik van zyl Slabbert.
And, he is skeptical
that it can work in Zimbabwe.
"What you have is
an executive president in charge of the army and an executive prime
minister in charge of the police. This is constitutional gobbledygook.
I don't know how it is going to work out," he says.
The reason behind he
skepticism, Van Zyl Slabbert says is that one of the major determinants
in the stability of emerging markets is the military.
"In many of these
countries the military is owned by a particular political section
- a party or a president and it is a source of stability. In Zimbabwe
there has been a repressive stability for a long, long time,"
he told SAFM Market Update with Moneyweb.
"I don't know how
they can achieve stability by entering into a power sharing deal
when you have the executive president with the army under his control
and an executive prime minister supposedly with the police under
his control - it seems to me a recipe for conflict."
Van Zyl Slabbert told
Moneyweb, "Mugabe is a seasoned campaigner he has been in charge
of the army for a hellva long time. He is actually the winner in
this whole thing."
The real question now,
is whether or not Mugabe will actually share power and agree on
some form of economic policy that helps to revive the country's
failed economy.
"The best thing
that can happen is that Zimbabwe stabilizes and it starts with economic
development," he says, "but then investors would have
been at the door now saying here I am what can I do and that hasn't
happened. I am very skeptical of the whole show."
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