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Tsvangirai gives up on implementation of GPA
27 Jan 2012 at 13:08hrs | Views
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has all but given up on the implementation of the Global Political Agreement amid indications that some of the pact negotiators have grown weary after haggling over virtually the same issues since the coalition government was formed in 2009.
Some negotiators indicated that they felt let down by the GPA principals â€"President Mugabe, Tsvangirai and DPM Arthur Mutambara â€" for failing to deal with all the outstanding issues referred to them.
Mutambara has refused to relinquish his position despite losing the MDC presidency to Welshman Ncube and remains a principal despite having no negotiators to brief him.
It has also come to the fore that the principals have not made any effort to tackle any of the outstanding issues referred to them by their negotiators, thereby prolonging the inclusive government crisis.
Tsvangirai's spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka confirmed the principals had failed to find common ground on outstanding GPA issues, including the election roadmap, and said his boss felt it would be a waste of time dealing with grey areas when agreed items had not been implemented.
He said Tsvangirai was pushing for implementation of the 24 agreed positions in the election roadmap, but was facing resistance from Zanu PF ministers who are supposed to implement many of the agreed issues.
Some negotiators indicated that they felt let down by the GPA principals â€"President Mugabe, Tsvangirai and DPM Arthur Mutambara â€" for failing to deal with all the outstanding issues referred to them.
Mutambara has refused to relinquish his position despite losing the MDC presidency to Welshman Ncube and remains a principal despite having no negotiators to brief him.
It has also come to the fore that the principals have not made any effort to tackle any of the outstanding issues referred to them by their negotiators, thereby prolonging the inclusive government crisis.
Tsvangirai's spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka confirmed the principals had failed to find common ground on outstanding GPA issues, including the election roadmap, and said his boss felt it would be a waste of time dealing with grey areas when agreed items had not been implemented.
He said Tsvangirai was pushing for implementation of the 24 agreed positions in the election roadmap, but was facing resistance from Zanu PF ministers who are supposed to implement many of the agreed issues.
Source - independent
