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Mugabe, Tsvangirai overcome key hurdles but issues remain
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 21 - 05 - 2009

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have resolved several of the disputes that have paralysed their unity government since its formation three months ago, dpa cited Tsvangirai as announcing today.
But the two have failed to break the deadlock between their
parties over Mugabe's appointment of his cronies to the posts of
central bank governor and attorney general and escalating the matter
to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), he added.
Addressing a press conference in Harare, former opposition and
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party leader Tsvangirai said
Mugabe had bowed to the MDC's demand for an equitable distribution of
the posts of provincial governors.
Five of the 10 governors will be named by Tsvangirai's MDC
faction, four by Mugabe's Zanu-PF and one by a breakaway faction of
the MDC led by Arthur Mutambara. Previously, Mugabe's Zanu-PF party
held all 10, despite the unity accord formed by the three parties
calling for a fair sharing of posts of power.
Mugabe has also agreed to the swearing-in of popular MDC
treasurer, Roy Bennett, as deputy agriculture minister. Bennett was
arrested on charges of plotting against the previous government under
Mugabe just before he was due to take up the post in February but has
since been released on bail.
In an apparent concession from the MDC side, the party has agreed
to allow Mugabe's choices of permanent secretaries, top civil
servants, to remain.
Unable to agree on the fate of Central Bank governor Gideon Gono
and Attorney General Johannes Tomana, the parties are asking the 15-
nation SADC to come up with a solution.
"It is important that we recognize that progress has been made and
continues to be made with respect to rebuilding Zimbabwe and having a
positive impact on the life of our people," Tsvangirai said, while
admitting the negotiations were "slow and frustrating."
The new government's attempts to revive the country's stricken
economy and infrastructure have been stalled by disputes.


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