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Continued meddling of Sadc causing governance problems says Prof Moyo
01 Aug 2012 at 12:36hrs | Views
CONTINUED meddling by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in Zimbabwe's unity government is causing governance problems that can only be solved by fresh elections that should ideally take place this year, Zanu-PF politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo said yesterday
Speaking at a seminar organised by democracy institute Idasa in Pretoria, Mr Moyo said Sadc's continued involvement as a "broker" was creating a "government about negotiation", undermining the unity government's ability to set and implement policies, reported the Business Day.
Professor Moyo said Sadc's continued role was leading to talks over substantive government issues "taking place outside of its internal structures", undermining institutions and leading to a "government system that defaults into auto-pilot".
But he conceded that the agreement had been successful in creating conditions for political stability, and "an environment of political maturity in this country", although it was also muting nascent political forces that were not party to the agreement. The problems caused by the agreement could now be solved with elections as soon as possible, said Prof Moyo.
Prof Moyo criticised the draft constitution, saying it "has a problem in each of its 18 chapters". Zanu-PF was discussing the draft constitution, and could reach a resolution today or tomorrow, he said.
Speaking at a seminar organised by democracy institute Idasa in Pretoria, Mr Moyo said Sadc's continued involvement as a "broker" was creating a "government about negotiation", undermining the unity government's ability to set and implement policies, reported the Business Day.
Professor Moyo said Sadc's continued role was leading to talks over substantive government issues "taking place outside of its internal structures", undermining institutions and leading to a "government system that defaults into auto-pilot".
But he conceded that the agreement had been successful in creating conditions for political stability, and "an environment of political maturity in this country", although it was also muting nascent political forces that were not party to the agreement. The problems caused by the agreement could now be solved with elections as soon as possible, said Prof Moyo.
Prof Moyo criticised the draft constitution, saying it "has a problem in each of its 18 chapters". Zanu-PF was discussing the draft constitution, and could reach a resolution today or tomorrow, he said.
Source - Business Day
