South African opposition says Mugabe will never implement the GPA

21 December, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa
By Alex Bell
18 December 2009

A top South African parliamentarian has accused Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF of deliberately stalling the progress of the unity government, saying the ageing dictator has no intention of fully implementing the Global Political Agreement (GPA).

Athol Trollip, the parliamentary leader for South Africa’s main political opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA), told SW Radio Africa on Friday it is clear that Mugabe is not serious about fulfilling the terms of the GPA. Trollip added that Mugabe and the party are deliberately working against the unity structure to retain their brutal grip on power in the country.

“Mugabe realises that if the GPA is implemented fully, it will influence the balance of power and weaken the strong grip he has on Zimbabwe,” Trollip said.

Trollip’s comments come as the unity government remains on shaky territory, amid ongoing talks to reach some form of agreement over outstanding issues in the GPA. Talks between the party’s political negotiators were expected to get underway once again on Friday; an exercise Trollip said was futile, “as nothing will come of the talks.”

Since the GPA was signed in 2008 Mugabe has been refusing to discuss or [continue reading]

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