Tsvangirai just ‘making noise’: Moyo
by Staff Reporter
08/10/2010 00:00:00
TSHOLOTSHO North legislator and ex-information minister professor Jonathan Moyo has dismissed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as a "desperate" man panicking under increasing pressure from angry party lieutenants. Moyo was reacting after Tsvangirai launched his strongest criticism of President Robert Mugabe since the formation of the coalition government.
Enraged by Mugabe’s decision to rehire provincial governors allegedly without consulting his coalition partners, Tsvangirai accused the veteran President of wilfully flouting the country’s constitution.
"I have defended President Robert Mugabe at my own cost politically.
"But neither I nor the MDC can stand back any longer and just allow President Mugabe and the Zanu-PF to defy the law, to flaunt the constitution, and to act as if they own this country," Tsvangirai told a news conference in Harare.
However, Moyo said the MDC-T leader was just "making noise" to placate party officials disappointed at losing out on the gubernatorial posts.
Moyo told the BBC that Tsvangirai was panicking after a meeting with the MDC-T leaders who had given him a hard time because they "wanted government jobs".
The MDC-T argues coalition partners should share the governors’ positions under the terms of the Global Political Agreement (GPA).
And Tsvangirai had since named party officials to be sworn-in as governors claiming agreement had been reached with Mugabe on a formula for sharing the ten positions.
But Moyo insisted that it remains the president's prerogative to choose provincial governors, saying they represent the president - not the prime minister - at local events.
He also maintained that the latest row would no threat to the coalition government.
"This is a working arrangement that can last its full term," he said adding the administration had delivered on ‘bread and butter’ issues since it was established.
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