Party principals to the Global Political Agreement met in Harare on Monday and agreed on a process that would see the appointments of permanent secretaries, provincial governors and ambassadors in the next two weeks.
Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara all agreed on a process that would see an equitable distribution of all senior government positions. That process is being overseen by the Prime Minister, with help from his deputies, Thokozani Khupe and Mutambara.
James Maridadi, the Prime Minister's spokesman, confirmed the process of identifying potential candidates for all senior government posts has started. It is believed Tsvangirai will consult with Mugabe on the final list before the new appointments are made public.
In the spirit of the GPA, the principals agreed also to revisit the issue of the Reserve Bank Governor, Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana.
A source told us the Prime Minister requested from the public service commission all curriculum vitae's of current permanent secretaries and those that were appointed last week, but whose appointments have now been nullified. Members from the MDC have also sent in their CV's to be considered for the senior positions.
Another source told us a formula that is likely to be used by the principals is that where a minister is from ZANU PF, a permanent secretary will also be appointed from within ZANU PF ranks. If the minister is from the MDC, then the permanent secretary will also be MDC.
It is believed the Prime Minister has also requested information regarding the procedures used when appointing ambassadors and junior diplomatic postings.
Newsreel is reliably informed that the Prime Minister wrote a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi last week, asking about the number of diplomats posted outside the country.
A source in the Foreign Affairs Ministry told us the minister was tasked to give a detailed report on how long each ambassador has been posted abroad, when they are due back home and how many times each diplomat had been posted outside since joining the ministry.
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umkay, they want to appoint party members instead of the most competent people for positions requiring competence, skill and experience.
Oh, what's that? You want to borrow a few billion $ for infrastructure? Sure, no problem! Just one thing, do you have qualified people in management? NO? Well, forget you then.
seems like it is WHO YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DONT KNOW -TO GET IN THE CABINET
Tsvangirai's toughness is teaching Mugabe how to behave in a national unity government!
The same lesson should be taught to his cronies!
A lot of precious time has been wasted due to Mugabe and his cronies playing hide and seek!
Mugabe had placed CIO guys as ambassadors who, in turn, were just promoting Mugabe abroad. They had created a bad image of the country, all the time justifying Mugabe's dictatirial rule!
Things must change now. The new ambassadors should promote Zimbabwe as a country trying to amend in order to join the league of democratic countries! Will Mugabe allow that?
Mugabe knows that he cannot rule for even one day if genuine democracy is put into place!