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(TALKZIMBABWE) MDC: The bearer of the news

MDC: The bearer of the news
Petros Mashingaidze – Opinion
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:12:00 +0000

DEAR EDITOR – Yesterday’s events in South Africa were very interesting. The party that was adamant would not sign anything until former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa was dropped as Facilitator in the power-sharing talks was the bearer of the news that a deal had been reached over Constitutional Amendment No 19 Bill.

The spokesman for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party led by Morgan Tsvangirai was the one who announced this news. Zanu PF and the other formation of the MDC led by Prof Arthur Mutambara were not available for comment.

Chamisa said "We have reached an understanding, an agreement on the draft constitutional bill, pending consultations and endorsement by our different leadership organs.”

Western newspapers went into a frenzy, reporting what they never wanted to report for many weeks.

I hope that now Zimbabweans will look further into reconstructing their country rather than follow these sickeningly partisan lines of thought.

We have suffered enough and now hope that the MDC-T will be mature enough to see through these commitments they are making and not change positions at the crucial stage.

Petros Mashingaidze writes from Auckland, New Zealand

Labels: MDC, NEGOTIATIONS

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