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Cabinet ministers clash over contentious political issues
04 Mar 2011 at 14:06hrs | Views
CABINET ministers in the shaky inclusive government clashed in furious scenes on Tuesday in front of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Ministers Morgan Tsvangirai over a series of contentious political issues prompting the holding soon of a special cabinet meeting to resolve the matters
Informed official sources said GPA principals, including Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, watched in horror as ministers slugged it out over unimplemented GPA issues as political tensions ran high and partisan hostilities exploded at Munhumutapa Building.
Cabinet has now become a theatre of political battles, mainly between Mugabe and Zanu PF ministers and Tsvangirai and MDC-T ministers. Mutambara now reportedly cuts a lonely figure in cabinet after he was fired by his party and left it under Minister of Trade and Industry Welshman Ncube's control. Mutambara and Ncube are fighting over the MDC leadership and the position of co-deputy prime minister. This has intensified tensions within the divided government.
Informed official sources said GPA principals, including Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, watched in horror as ministers slugged it out over unimplemented GPA issues as political tensions ran high and partisan hostilities exploded at Munhumutapa Building.
Cabinet has now become a theatre of political battles, mainly between Mugabe and Zanu PF ministers and Tsvangirai and MDC-T ministers. Mutambara now reportedly cuts a lonely figure in cabinet after he was fired by his party and left it under Minister of Trade and Industry Welshman Ncube's control. Mutambara and Ncube are fighting over the MDC leadership and the position of co-deputy prime minister. This has intensified tensions within the divided government.
Source - Byo24News
