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SADC Troika to discuss Zimbabwe
06 Sep 2012 at 04:43hrs | Views
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Constitution making process will come under spotlight at the next SADC Troika meeting set for next month, chairman and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said.
Speaking at the end of the Troika meeting in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian leader who is chairman for the organ said the Summit to be convened on Oct 7 and 8 will address Zimbabwe's constitution making process as well as the Madagascar crisis.
"We wish to see free and fear election in Zimbabwe while we look forward to seeing a democratic government re-constructed in Madagascar," Zimbabwe's New Ziana agency quoted Kikwete as saying.
Zimbabwe's constitution making process is headed for a deadlock as Zanu PF, the country's ruling party, is rejecting the draft constitution while the other parties to the Global Political Agreement have already rubber stamped it with no changes.
Zanu PF made changes to provisions regarding Presidential powers, appointment of provincial governors, devolution, gay rights and status of war veterans among other issues.
But the two MDC formations led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube have vowed not to renegotiate on the changes despite demands by Zanu PF to amend the draft constitution.
At the SADC Summit held last month in Maputo, Mozambique, the community encouraged the parties to continue working together in creating a good political atmosphere for elections.
The one-day meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Political, Defence and Security Affairs which ended in Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed readiness to deploy forces in DRC in an effort to get a lasting solution to the political crisis in that country.
Troika chairman Kikwete said SADC was ready to send neutral forces in the eastern DRC only if International Conference on Great Lake Regions (ICGLR) wishes the community to do the task.
"DRC is in crisis and its people in the eastern provinces are striving to free themselves. They are not linked with development activities any more We as the community overseeing political and security affairs thought to intervene in the matter by considering initiatives that might bring about lasting solution," said Kikwete.
Speaking at the end of the Troika meeting in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian leader who is chairman for the organ said the Summit to be convened on Oct 7 and 8 will address Zimbabwe's constitution making process as well as the Madagascar crisis.
"We wish to see free and fear election in Zimbabwe while we look forward to seeing a democratic government re-constructed in Madagascar," Zimbabwe's New Ziana agency quoted Kikwete as saying.
Zimbabwe's constitution making process is headed for a deadlock as Zanu PF, the country's ruling party, is rejecting the draft constitution while the other parties to the Global Political Agreement have already rubber stamped it with no changes.
Zanu PF made changes to provisions regarding Presidential powers, appointment of provincial governors, devolution, gay rights and status of war veterans among other issues.
But the two MDC formations led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Welshman Ncube have vowed not to renegotiate on the changes despite demands by Zanu PF to amend the draft constitution.
At the SADC Summit held last month in Maputo, Mozambique, the community encouraged the parties to continue working together in creating a good political atmosphere for elections.
The one-day meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Political, Defence and Security Affairs which ended in Tanzania on Tuesday confirmed readiness to deploy forces in DRC in an effort to get a lasting solution to the political crisis in that country.
Troika chairman Kikwete said SADC was ready to send neutral forces in the eastern DRC only if International Conference on Great Lake Regions (ICGLR) wishes the community to do the task.
"DRC is in crisis and its people in the eastern provinces are striving to free themselves. They are not linked with development activities any more We as the community overseeing political and security affairs thought to intervene in the matter by considering initiatives that might bring about lasting solution," said Kikwete.
Source - Bernama
