Zimbabwe: SADC `Deal` Puts MDC`s Tsvangirai on the Spot
source: allAfrica
Business Day (Johannesburg)
Dumisani Muleya and Hopewell Radebe
Johannesburg — ZIMBABWE’S main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is sharply divided over the Southern African Development Community (SADC) decision to instruct it to form a unity government headed by President Robert Mugabe.
The decision was announced yesterday morning after a marathon SADC extraordinary summit in Pretoria.
A faction in the party is understood to oppose entering a unity government with Mugabe and his Zanu (PF), and wants to withdraw from the agreement.
Yesterday, soon after the SADC communiqué was issued, the MDC said it fell “far short of our expectations”, casting doubt on its participation in a unity government, which has been delayed since a deal was signed last September.
Party insiders say leader Morgan Tsvangirai is at loggerheads with party secretarygeneral Tendai Biti, who has rejected the SADC communiqué setting out a timetable for a new government by February 13.
Much depends on the party’s Friday meeting in Harare. If Tsvangirai does not persuade it to accept the SADC communiqué, he runs the risk of [continue reading]
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