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Sadc, AU snub Tsvangirai
09 Jan 2015 at 08:24hrs | Views
The African Union and Sadc have snubbed the opposition MDC-T in its quest to smuggle Zimbabwe back into their agenda by claiming that the country was on the verge of collapse.
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday revealed that his formation had written to the two bodies, but did not receive responses, prompting them to try local remedies.
Ironically, former Sadc facilitator to the Zimbabwean negotiations, South African President Jacob Zuma, last year said the successful holding of the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections took the country off the bloc's agenda.
After the elections, the Zanu-PF Government led by President Mugabe came up with the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, an economic blueprint that is expected to spur the country out of the economic hardships caused by the illegal sanctions imposed on Harare by the West at the behest of MDC.
Mr Tsvangirai told the media in Harare yesterday that stopping Zanu-PF must be a global cause.
"We have written to Sadc Heads of State warning them of a possible implosion in Zimbabwe," he said.
"Sadc and the AU must appreciate that the declining economic situation and the implosion in Zanu-PF as the party in government has far-reaching consequences for stability, democratisation and development in the region."
Responding to questions on whether the two bodies had responded to them, Mr Tsvangirai said: "We have not yet received a response from AU and Sadc. The issue is that perhaps people are pre-occupied with their own national crises and that perhaps Zimbabwe is not a priority.
"But that does not mean that Zimbabweans must not take their crisis as a priority. It means the challenge is for us to find a Zimbabwean solution to the Zimbabwean problem. That is why it is important for us to mobilise around this."
Meanwhile, MDC-T will next two months hold a national convergence conference, in the capital that seeks to address the economic crisis that is bedeviling the country.
Party president Morgan Tsvangirai said the conference should be attended by every stakeholder including the ruling party Zanu-PF for it seeks to address national crisis.
He said the national convergence conference will not be an MDC platform but a platform for all players in their diversity to agree on the national grievances and together chart the way forward for the country.
The ex-prime minister said the conference will be chaired by an independent person and he however revealed that funding for the conference has already been secured despite the party reportedly being in a financial crisis.
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday revealed that his formation had written to the two bodies, but did not receive responses, prompting them to try local remedies.
Ironically, former Sadc facilitator to the Zimbabwean negotiations, South African President Jacob Zuma, last year said the successful holding of the July 31, 2013 harmonised elections took the country off the bloc's agenda.
After the elections, the Zanu-PF Government led by President Mugabe came up with the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation, an economic blueprint that is expected to spur the country out of the economic hardships caused by the illegal sanctions imposed on Harare by the West at the behest of MDC.
Mr Tsvangirai told the media in Harare yesterday that stopping Zanu-PF must be a global cause.
"We have written to Sadc Heads of State warning them of a possible implosion in Zimbabwe," he said.
Responding to questions on whether the two bodies had responded to them, Mr Tsvangirai said: "We have not yet received a response from AU and Sadc. The issue is that perhaps people are pre-occupied with their own national crises and that perhaps Zimbabwe is not a priority.
"But that does not mean that Zimbabweans must not take their crisis as a priority. It means the challenge is for us to find a Zimbabwean solution to the Zimbabwean problem. That is why it is important for us to mobilise around this."
Meanwhile, MDC-T will next two months hold a national convergence conference, in the capital that seeks to address the economic crisis that is bedeviling the country.
Party president Morgan Tsvangirai said the conference should be attended by every stakeholder including the ruling party Zanu-PF for it seeks to address national crisis.
He said the national convergence conference will not be an MDC platform but a platform for all players in their diversity to agree on the national grievances and together chart the way forward for the country.
The ex-prime minister said the conference will be chaired by an independent person and he however revealed that funding for the conference has already been secured despite the party reportedly being in a financial crisis.
Source - The Herald
