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President allocates ministries
The Herald
(Zimbabwe)
October 11, 2008
http://herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=164&cat=1
President Mugabe
has gazetted ministries allocated to Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC in terms
of the power-sharing agreement
signed by the three parties.
Section (L)
of the Functions and Powers of the President outlined in the power-sharing
agreement states that the Head of State shall after consultation
with the Vice Presidents, the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers,
allocate ministerial portfolios in accordance with the agreement.
After the assignment
of ministries to the parties, President Mugabe is expected to sign
the necessary papers for the appointment of the Vice Presidents,
Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers.
After their
appointments, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC counterpart
Arthur Mutambara would have three months to find seats in Parliament.
The President
would then receive nominations of ministerial appointees from the
two MDC formations for appointment into Cabinet.
Highly placed
sources last night said Zanu-PF has already agreed on its line-up
of ministers.
In the 31-member
Cabinet, Zanu-PF — which won the popular vote on March 29
— has 15 ministries, MDC-T 13 while MDC has three.
The principals
would assign their members in the portfolios.
No appointments
would, however, be made until the facilitator, former South African
president Cde Thabo Mbeki, has come to assist on the outstanding
ministry — Finance, which Cde Mugabe provisionally assigned
to Zanu-PF, according to the Government Gazette.
The assignment
of ministries was done in terms of Paragraph (a) of Subsection (1)
of Section 31 D of the Constitution.
The ministries
are as follows.
- Defence
- Home Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Transport
- Local Government
and Urban Development
- Mines and
Mining Development
- Lands, Agriculture
and Resettlement
- Environment,
Natural Resources and Tourism
- Higher and
Tertiary Education
- Small and
Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development
- Justice and
Legal Affairs
- Media, Information
and Publicity
- Women's
Affairs, Gender and Community Development
- Youth Development,
Indigenisation and Empowerment
MDC-T
- Constitutional
and Parliamentary Affairs
- Economic
Planning and Investment Promotion
- Energy and
Power Development
- Health and
Child Welfare
- Labour and
Social Welfare
- Water Resources
Development and Management
- Public Service
- Sport, Arts
and Culture
- State Enterprise
and Parastatals
- Science and
Technology Development
- Information
Communication Technology
- Public Works
- National
Housing and Social Amenities
MDC-M
- Regional
Integration and International Co-operation
- Education
- Industry
and Commerce
NB: Finance
is still in dispute.
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