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Harare — ZIMBABWE's leaders last night failed for the fourth time in a fortnight to resolve a series of contentious issues threatening to paralyse the country's shaky coalition government.
The crisis talks remained deadlocked after long hours of intense discussions, signalling a serious political problem besetting the new government. A fierce power struggle is raging behind the scenes as President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai intensify their battle for political control.
Informed sources close to the talks said last night the meeting ended in a stalemate. " The leaders agreed to meet again today to try and break the stalemate," a senior government official said. "It's proving to be very difficult because neither of the leaders want to make any concessions."
Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met yesterday to sort out issues dividing the government. Their meeting followed similar gatherings on Monday and Thursday last week and another one on April 16.
So far the four meetings have failed to break the impasse, leaving the unity government in a state of crisis. The issues at stake include appointment of senior government officials including permanent secretaries, the accounting officers of ministries, provincial governors and diplomats.
There is also the matter of the continued detention of opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials and activists over allegations of trying to overthrow Mugabe, arraignment of MDC treasurer and deputy minister Roy Bennett and farm invasions. Mugabe and the two MDC faction leaders, Tsvangirai and Mutambara, are also fighting over the president's unilateral seizure of the department of communications from Information Communication Technology Minister Nelson Chamisa, a member of the MDC .
Tsvangirai said last week these issues had to be resolved to allow the government deal with the country's economic and social problems.
The deadlock came as Finance Minister Tendai Biti and his delegation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings returned home empty-handed after failing to get a rescue package. Zimbabwe needs $10bn to fund its economic recovery programme.
The IMF said that it was not in a position to bail out Zimbabwe because of arrears and financial restrictions.
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I can see what Bobs going to say, The MDC has let the country down, we won't be able to feed our selves( Lines our back pockets). It is all the fault of the imperialistic west. We want unity according to the gospel of Robert Mugabe and nothing else will do. We the people(ZanuPF terrorists) need to show the world that we are a strong , vibrant and resilliant nation and until there is unity,(Death to the MDC) there will not be any progress(Decimation). This is why the outside world won't deal with the terrorist dictator. Simple solution, Bob must Go. What ever happened to Zimbabwe, that lovely country we once used to know, what ever happened to Zimbabwe, Oh I don't know, but Bob must go.
So Business Day comes with the same report as SW radio. It's clear Zola as long as the monster Mugabe and Zanu are around there will be no progress in Zimbabwe. This stupid GNU doesn't work offcourse. SA most probably wanted rest at the border, at least till the worldcup of soccer is over. That also gives the answer what the perfect moment for an uprising would be against criminal Mugabe. Odinga can tell you where a GNU brought him and his country after Kibaki stole the election. A dead end street is a dead end street no matter how many times the GNU tries to get through with Mugabe at the stirring wheel.
Birds of the same feathers twitter the same call: BUSINESS DUNG and SPECULATIVE SOUTH WEST RUBBISH are parrots of INVADER ideological discourse.
richerson88 the more you write the bigger fool you make of yourself b/c you only make comments of hatred against the West but never say anything based on any facts, so go get a new job b/c this one just makes you look bad as well as the Zanu-PF and Mugabe Loyalists!!!!
afric:
You are so much more concise than I - you sum up the indictment of j-hollow's allegedly superior intellect brilliantly!
I'm glad that there are others who will stand up to the clever (yet obtuse) words and empty rhetoric of a ZANU-PooF/Mugabe apologist like j-hollow!
"Total Empowerment!"
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