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(TALKZIMBABWE) Sadc should step up GPA monitoring: Tsvangirai

Sadc should step up GPA monitoring: Tsvangirai
AFP/TZG reporters
Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:32:00 +0000

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai called Tuesday on southern African nations to step up monitoring of the inter-party agreement he signed with President Robert Mugabe.

He said the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc) "remains seized with the enormous responsibility" of making sure that the two sides in the February Global Political Agreement, "move rapidly towards its full implementation".

Mr Tsvangirai, speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Sadc summit in Kinshasa, added that he was attending the event as leader of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.

"Now that the Sadc Troika is specifically vested with the matter of Zimbabwe it is my hope and belief that it will deal with all outstanding issues as a matter of urgency," he said.

Mr Tsvangirai's MDC and President Mugabe's Zanu PF signed a deal to form an inclusive Government on September 15, 2008.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma was to report to the summit on his latest meetings with President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai.

The summit also discussed the crisis in Madgascar, which was suspended from the Sadc after Andry Rajoelina ousted President Marc Ravalomanana in March.

Madasgascar's main opposition movements have rejected a proposal by the island's contested leader for a "consensus government".

Internationally-brokered crisis talks last month yielded a deal stipulating that the president and prime minister of a power-sharing transition administration were to be decided by consensus.

But Rajoelina has refused to change the prime minister he appointed after his army-backed takeover. The three opposition groups, led by former heads of state, have insisted they will not give a vote of confidence to a cabinet drawn up by Rajoelina's camp.

The Sadc summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital was also to discuss climate change policy ahead of international talks in Copenhagen in December and free trade measures.

Labels: GLOBAL POLITICAL AGREEMENT, SADC

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