(NEWZIMBABWE) Zim human rights record improved: PM Tsvangirai
Zim human rights record improved: PM TsvangiraiMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday people could live in peace in Zimbabwe as the human rights record in the country has improved significantly.
He there were some "toxic issues" for the inclusive Government he formed with President Robert Mugabe this year.
PM Tsvangirai told Reuters in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid where he was due to receive a prize for 'lifetime achievement' that now people can live in peace in Zimbabwe.
"There has been substantive progress, it's just that you have got one or two incidents and then it spoils the thing."
PROGRESS DIFFICULT
Tsvangirai said while progress has been difficult, he was hopeful his Movement for Democratic Change could work productively with President Mugabe and Zanu PF.
"Progress is gradual and it cannot be an event. You have to work it on a daily basis and hopefully we can do that within the shortest possible time," he said.
But he said: "There are deadlock issues with regards to certain appointments, the governor (of the Reserve Bank), attorney general, and there are issues of the implementation which have to do with provincial governors."
"Then there are toxic issues, the issue of not complying with the spirit and the letter in terms of the media."
Tsvangirai said an online poll of supporters had provided positive feedback despite the problems.
"I want to tell you the evaluation is overwhelmingly that we should stay in government and make this the direction the country needs to take," he said.
PM Tsvangirai was optimistic a reform to the country's struggling mining sector would address concerns of foreign mining companies, who were worried by an earlier draft they feared would have given locals control of mining operations owned by foreigners.
"We're doing our part to create conditions that will attract foreign direct investment in the mining industry," he said.
(Sources)
Labels: HUMAN RIGHTS, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI
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