Zim agree on power share deal

[kingmonty]

To be signed Monday.

full story: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=vn20080912055726541C851808

Although President Thabo Mbeki declined to disclose details of the power-sharing arrangement, saying that would be done on Monday, Independent Newspapers established some of the key points of last night's agreement:

• It will comprise Robert Mugabe as president and Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister;
• There will be two deputy vice-presidents and two deputy prime ministers. Mugabe will keep his current two deputies, Joyce Mujuru and Joseph Msika, while Tsvangirai will appoint one of the two deputy prime ministers, with the other one coming from Arthur Mutambara's splinter faction of the Movement for Democratic Change;
• Mugabe will remain chairperson of the cabinet, while Tsvangirai becomes chairperson of a new council of ministers, from which Mugabe will be excluded. This arrangement was proposed by Mbeki to break the deadlock about who will chair the cabinet;
• There will be 31 cabinet portfolios, with Mugabe's Zanu-PF getting 15 and Tsvangirai's MDC 13, while the remaining three will go to Mutambara's faction;
• A new constitution will be written through a public process, including other stakeholders, within 18 months. Amendments to the current one will nevertheless be carried out immediately, to give effect to the new arrangement;
• The power-sharing arrangement will be reviewed every year;
• Three non-constituency MPs will be appointed, with Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara appointing one each. The three will have no voting powers but will assist in the running of the government;
• Mbeki will continue negotiating with Mugabe to redeploy some of the 10 provincial governors who he had already appointed, in order to create room for Tsvangirai and Mutambara appointees in certain provinces;
• The three political leaders will meet on Friday and Saturday to constitute a government ahead of a formal ceremony to sign the agreement and announce the new government on Monday in front of regional and other African heads of state and government.

Good news, but Madbob can still do an about turn before signing it Monday....

 

[Deenem]

I'm reporting you to the Mods for posting posititive news in the Current Affairs section.

If it doesn't have potential for a good whine then it shouldn't be here!

 

[Nod]

We will have to see how good this solution will work in the long run, and what will happen after/during the first elections.

 

[JungleBoy]

I'm reporting you to the Mods for posting posititive news in the Current Affairs section.

If it doesn't have potential for a good whine then it shouldn't be here!

LOL
I hope they sign the deal and all the zimbabweans can finally go back home to rebuild their country
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Well done Mbeki, at least we have something we can be proud of you for

 

[Sneeky]

LOL
I hope they sign the deal and all the zimbabweans can finally go back home to rebuild their country
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Well done Mbeki, at least we have something we can be proud of you for

Still think that way about this whole farce????

 

[ZA.Schmidt]

Still think that way about this whole farce????

Typical naive optimism

 

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[lion_fish]

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Yeah... not going to hold my breathe on this one...

 

[Abe]

So who controls tho police? Tsvangirai should have stalled things. Things are so bad, Mugabe would have been gone before next weekend in that case.

 

[RazedInBlack]

I wonder how they came to that agreement.

 

[sox63]

Poor Mbeki keeps leaving Zim thinking the job is done, only to be called back when the three parties can't get along. Which is going to happen a lot more IMO.

Now lets hope the power sharing deal, gives the respective parties, the decision making power to clean up the mess.

 

[Sneeky]

So who controls tho police? Tsvangirai should have stalled things. Things are so bad, Mugabe would have been gone before next weekend in that case.

Tvangerai is a fool and will sell his countrymen short if he signs anything that does not give him control.
Sure, negotiate around the transition of power, as happened in SA, but leaving that murderer Mugabe in control is insane.

 

[Abe]

I wonder how they came to that agreement.

I think Mugabe had his back to the wall and had no other choice.

 

[LazyLion]

while I am glad, I don't think it is going to work. Sorry to be a pessimist. But Mugapie has proved to be the most stubborn belligerent dictator. He will not let go the reins until his hands stop receiving signals from his brain (i.e. when he is actually dead).

 

[daveza]

Mugabe's understanding of powersharing:-

"Let's share a meal together - I'll take the food, you get the plate."

 

[Vitowe]

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I hope they sign the deal and all the zimbabweans can finally go back home to rebuild their country
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Well done Mbeki, at least we have something we can be proud of you for

Dream on.