PDP in fresh devolution calls

People's Democratic Party (PDP) president Tendai Biti has said he will make a fresh court application to compel the President Robert Mugabe-led government to implement devolution of power in accordance with the dictates of the Constitution.

Addressing members of his party at the organisation's first anniversary in Bulawayo last weekend, Biti said the ruling Mugabe government needs to adhere to the requirements of the constitution.

"We are going to visit the courts until there is devolution in this country. There is no country that develops without devolution and here in Zimbabwe these Zanu-PF thieves do not want such," he said.

The law of devolution stipulates that there should be a provincial council for each of the country's provinces, consisting of governors and mayors among other officials and will be responsible for the social and economic development of the province.