(HERALD) Tsvangirai heeds Jendayi Frazer’s instruction
Tsvangirai heeds Jendayi Frazer’s instructionHerald Reporter
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai’s reluctance to respond to an invitation from President Mugabe to come for swearing in as Prime Minister has fuelled speculation that he makes decisions on instruction from his Western handlers.
Despite receiving his passport to facilitate his return ahead of the Christmas holiday, the MDC-T leader remains holed up in Botswana lending credence to the view that recent statements by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer that Washington was ‘‘withdrawing support’’ for the envisaged inclusive Government may be behind his self-imposed exile.
Western countries, led by Britain and the United States, have been agitating for illegal regime change through military invasion.
This is despite the fact that, in the broad-based agreement, the two MDC formations recognised President Mugabe as Head of State and Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
The written invitations to Mr Tsvangirai and Professor Arthur Mutambara followed the gazetting of Constitutional Amendment Number 19 Bill earlier this month, paving way for the creation of the posts of Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.
On December 19, Cde Mugabe told delegates to the Zanu-PF Annual National People’s Conference in Bindura that he had invited Mr Tsvangirai and Prof Mutambara to come for swearing-in.
On Monday MDC-T spokesperson Mr Nelson Chamisa claimed the invitation "was of no significance to the opposition party" and would not be acted upon.
Pressed to confirm whether his boss had indeed received the invitation, he said:
"The marrow of the letter is not about the sending or otherwise of the letter. It is in realisation that there has to be a legal framework upon which the Government has to be formed. Constitutional Amendment Number 19 has to be passed into law because it is the basis upon which a Government has to be formed."
Mr Chamisa added that MDC-T would not become part of any inclusive Government, insisting that the opposition party wanted "outstanding issues" resolved.
These, he said, included the allocation of key ministries even though that matter was finalised at an Extraordinary Sadc Summit in South Africa earlier in the year.
Observers also noted that it was strange that MDC-T was speaking of the allocation of ministries and yet they had given the green light to Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Number 19 Bill that will give legal effect to the September 15 Agreement.
Interestingly, The Herald has it on good authority that about two months ago, Mr Tsvangirai was invited to take up his post as Prime Minister as agreed by the parties but refused to do so after "advice and consultations".
Labels: JENDAYI FRASER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI
posted by MrK @ 6:49 PM
1 Comments:
I think for the sake of the Zimbabweans Mr Tsvangari needs to be flexible. His main focus should be to have those unfair sanctions be removed from the Zimbabweans. If he is cream he will always rise to the top no matter how he feels he is being supressed if he sacrifices for the sake of the zimbabweans. what he is supposed to be advocating for are the sanctions to be removed from the innocent Zimbabweans.He should be encouraging the west to use conflict resolutions skills which will lead to a win win solution to resolve the issues they have with Mugabe which resulted from Britain not honoring the Lanchaster agreement and Mugabe took it in his own hands.Please stand up for the innocent Zimbabweans Mr Tsvangari and make sacrifices for your country by targeting the root causes of the problems in Zimbabwe.
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