David Coltart comments on GPA talks
“Zanu and the Mutambara group simply do not know what to do. If they agree to do what the region wants, they are dead in the water.” Eddie Cross writing on his blog on the 21st November 2009 asserting that the MDC M is deliberately delaying the finalisation of the GPA talks.
This is an outrageously false comment about the MDC M which bears no relation to the facts.
We all in MDC M want the GPA implemented urgently and fully. We fully supported what the region asked for. I personally had a lengthy discussion with President Kabila’s principal advisor Mr Ilunga Ngandu on the 3rd November 2009 impressing on him the need to attend to all of the outstanding issues. My colleagues have done the same. I have been present in Cabinet and know what has been said by all of us there. Arthur Mutambara’s statement made when the disengagement started is a matter of public record. Indeed it was Mutambara who clearly articulated for the first time that the SADC communiqué issued in the January 2009 could not be ignored, something Zanu PF was trying to do.
And as for the allegations that MDC M are responsible for the delays since Maputo consider the following: Read more
Deal signed at freaking last
Story by Lebo Nkatazo (NewZimbabwe.com)
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki stood before the world media in Harare on Thursday night to announce a historic power sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party and two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Details of the deal that is hoped will end Zimbabwe’s decade-long economic slide will only be released on Monday, also the day reserved for the signing of the pact. Several African leaders and international diplomats are expected to be present. Read more
