Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai boycotted regional talks Monday aimed at salvaging a troubled power-sharing deal after emergency travel documents were only delivered at the last minute. Tsvangirai had been due to meet in Swaziland's capital Mbabane with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and other southern African leaders to break a weeks-long deadlock over forming a unity government. But the opposition's lead negotiator Tendai Biti told reporters in Johannesburg that Tsvangirai had only received emergency travel documents late Sunday, calling the delay an “insult” to the man meant to become prime minister under the unity accord. Tsvangirai has not been granted a normal passport for nearly one year, and is only allowed to leave the country on emergency travel documents valid for a single trip. “We are not travelling with this (emergency document). It's an insult,” Biti said. He urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a 15-nation regional bloc, to convene an emergency summit to find a solution to the crisis. “We want an extraordinary meeting of SADC not only to look at outstanding issues but to say to President Mugabe: ‘enough is enough',” he said.
