Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai meets Generals in groundbreaking meeting

31 July, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa
By Tichaona Sibanda
30 July 2009

The Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the country’s powerful service chiefs met on Thursday in Harare, the first such meeting at the highest political level since the formation of the inclusive government.

A highly placed source in government told us the two hour meeting, which was chaired by Robert Mugabe was ‘very cordial.’

Up until Thursday, there has been fierce resistance to the formal constituting of the National Security Council (NSC) among the service chiefs, who see the establishment of the new security organ as a threat to their hitherto unchallenged power.

Dismissing advance predictions that the meeting would be confrontational or tense, our source told us the meeting was ‘very good,’ and that Tsvangirai and the service chiefs joked with each other after the meeting.

Minister of State for Security Sydney Sekeramayi said the meeting was warm, cordial and inclusive, and placed national interests ahead of [continue reading]

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