(TALKZIMBABWE) Coltart spills the beans on new govt structure
Coltart spills the beans on new govt structureOur reporter
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:28:00 +0000
THE recently appointed Senator for the Mutambara MDC has spilled the beans about the structure of the new government despite President Thabo Mbeki’s warning yesterday that Zimbabweans should not speculate on the nature of the deal signed by the principals yesterday paving the way for an all-inclusive government.
David Coltart has issued a statement on the historic signing of the deal between the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change and the Zanu PF party in which he gave details of the power arrangement in the new government.
In what he termed the “bare bones” of the deal, Coltart revealed that the all-inclusive government will be headed by President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC leader will be appointed as Prime Minister with “substantial powers” and “will advise (President) Mugabe on all future appointments including Judges, Ambassadors and the like.”
Coltart also revealed that there will be two deputy Prime Ministers “one from MDC T and one from MDC M.”
“Cabinet will be chaired by Mugabe; Tsvangirai will be the vice Chair. Then there will be a Council of Ministers chaired by Tsvangirai which will supervise the work of Cabinet,” said Coltart.
“The Cabinet will largely reflect the votes cast for the different parties in the March election in which Zanu PF got the most votes (if not the most seats), followed by the MDC T and MDC M. In a 31 person Cabinet Zanu PF will have 15 seats, MDC T 13 and MDC M 3. There will be 8, 6 and 1 Deputy Ministers respectively.”
Coltart also revealed that "Constitutional amendment 19 will shortly be moved in Parliament" which will pave the way for setting up the all-inclusive government.
"That process will last 18 months by which time a new democratic Constitution must be implemented, which will also include a time frame for new elections at some point to be conducted in terms of the new Constitution."
President Mbeki in a press conference yesterday warned against speculation about the nature of the deal signed, adding that the process was not complete until signatures had been officially appended by the principals to the agreement.
He said: "Don't trust what you think you know."
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