WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2008-02-04 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Bummer. Mugabe engineered this. One has to take one’s hands off to Mugabe. Jan]
By MacDonald Dzirutwe
Harare – Zimbabwe’s splintered opposition Movement for Democratic Change will not boycott next month’s general elections but will field rival candidates, badly weakening its chances of unseating President Robert Mugabe.
Politicians from both wings of the movement said on Sunday that two days of talks had failed to reach agreement on a single candidate to contest the leadership of the southern African country, which is in the grip of severe economic crisis.
The movement split in 2005 and had been trying to agree on a pact to unite behind main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to challenge Mugabe, who turns 84 later this month.
But the smaller MDC group of academic Arthur Mutambara said talks had broken down and it would go it alone and field candidates in the presidential, parliamentary and council elections.
Mutambara accused Tsvangirai’s group of making unreasonable demands and failing to sign an agreed unity pact.
“In the absence of an agreement, we have no choice as a political party but to go right ahead and provide leadership in this country,” he told reporters.
The MDC had earlier said it could boycott the March 29 polls if Mugabe’s government refused to adopt a new draft constitution agreed between the two sides. That constitution has not been adopted.
There was no official comment from Tsvangirai’s wing, but party officials said the group would address a press conference at 1200 GMT and was expected to announce participation in the elections.
Analysts say a divided opposition stands little chance of defeating Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980 and is accused by critics of plunging the country into crisis.
“A single candidate philosophy would have made it easier to deliver victory,” said Mutambara.
Mugabe has vowed to clinch a landslide victory in next month’s elections to silence the opposition and shame Western foes he says are sponsoring his rivals to remove him from power.
Critics say the veteran leader has ruined Zimbabwe through controversial policies such as the seizure of white-owned farms for blacks and lately plans to localise foreign-owned companies, including banks and mines.
Mugabe denies charges he has wrecked a once promising economy and blames former colonial ruler Britain for leading a Western onslaught against his government as punishment for the land seizures.
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080203140448397C298430