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Original Post Date: 2008-11-11 Time: 15:00:11 Posted By: The BeardedMan
Howzit
Over 12 million Zimbabweans are aghast today – and most of them live in Zimbabwe where the repression, oppression and poverty will continue unabated, while Mugabe and his loyalists will continue to ride a once beautiful country completely into the ground.
It does show that Mugabe has something over SADC, and that for some reason his ‘logic’ is preferred over simple democracy and peace.
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Unreal.
“Zimbabwe‘s parliament is due to meet on Tuesday, just two days after the country’s neighbours demanded that Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai’s power-sharing government be formed ‘forthwith’.
A constitutional amendment – which has yet to be formally put on the agenda – needs to be rushed through to create the prime ministership that Mr Tsvangirai has been allocated under the deal, along with other posts and changes. Asked on state television when a new cabinet would be formed, Mr Mugabe said: “We will try to institute it as soon as possible.“
Put simply, Mugabe lost the election, but wins government. How does that work?
“But the opposition Movement for Democratic Change is rejecting a demand by the southern African Development Community (SADC) that the key home affairs ministry, which includes authority over the police force and elections, should be shared between the parties. The SADC summit in Johannesburg decided that ‘the ministry of home affairs be co-managed’ between the two, its communique said. Mr Mugabe, the octogenarian who has presided over Zimbabwe‘s collapse, agreed to the proposal, but Mr Tsvangirai refused, saying he was “shocked and saddened” at the meeting’s conclusions.“
In essence, Mugabe has full control of government and will appoint a cabinet that does not reflect the will of the people.
I cannot understand the reluctance within the SADC body to put Mugabe in his place.
“But the MDC appears to have only two options “ accept a compromise which it says does not amount to ‘equitable’ power-sharing, or walk away from the entire agreement, which it has previously said it will not do. Appeals for intervention from the African Union or United Nations have not led anywhere in the recent past, and in any case without Mr Mugabe’s agreement – which would not be forthcoming – they would be meaningless. Arthur Mutambara, leader of a smaller MDC faction which holds the balance of power in parliament, said that he backed the compromise, even though it was not his grouping’s preferred position, as SADC had been asked to rule on the issue and as a matter of principle its decision should be accepted.“
Like Mugabe, Mutambara stands to gain a lot more than the elections indicated and I wonder whether his entrance into Zimbabwean politics was not orchestrated by ZANU OF to achieve this very impasse.
I get tired of reading Mugabe’s allegations. A couple of days ago, he was alleging that Botswana were training MDC militia.
Today it is the British who are planning a strike on Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwes state-run Herald newspaper, usually the governments mouth-piece on Monday alleged that Britain, Zimbabwes erstwhile colonizer and the United States were conniving with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to spoil the establishment of a coalition government between President Robert Mugabes ZANU PF party and Morgan Tsvangirais MDC party and Arthur Mutambaras smaller faction of the MDC. The Herald report alleged that the MDC was angling for a total collapse of the Cabinet talks so that the party could then use some alleged militias to destabilise the country and force the staging of a fresh presidential election under “international supervision” early next year. The newspaper also alleged that the US had already started courting the UN Security Council members Russia and China that have previously vetoed UN sanctions on Zimbabwe to support any vote sanctioning military intervention in the troubled southern African country.“
Mugabe and his cohorts must be chortling all the way to the Reserve Bank.
This is a standard reaction by ZANU PF, making wild allegations whilst the country rots and Mugabe plans his next move against the very people he is supposed to be serving.
“These allegations are utter rubbish and an invention by ZANU PF to distract attention from the ruin of Zimbabwe‘s economy, the collapse of essential services and the impoverishment of its people,” said Scott. Veteran MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai at the weekend rejected SADC recommendations forcing his party to co-minister the Home Affairs ministerial portfolio with ZANU PF. The MDC partys national executive and national council, the party’s supreme decision making bodies, will meet Friday to deliberate on the outcome of the extra-ordinary SADC summit meeting held in South Africa last weekend.“
How does this work where Mugabe points an accusatory finger at the US government with one hand, while shaking their hands with the other?
The US Embassy provided the funding for the purchase of equipment through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. The funding enabled the NMMZ to procure CCTV systems, battery backups, computer equipment, alarm and fire detection systems and provided training to staff on the use of the new equipment. The Great Zimbabwe site is the most valued and revered in the country and includes a museum and interpretive center. This museum houses many valuable archeological artifacts from the immediate area as well as a collection of stone birds that are a source of national pride and in various forms are Zimbabwes national symbols.“
I smell double standards here, and whilst I appreciate the gesture by the Americans – Zimbabwe Ruins is an amazing place that deserves visiting, more than once – I cannot understand the need that Mugabe has to ‘give and take ‘ – give out serious allegations against the US and take their money – all of the same breath!
“African heritage sites have suffered heavy losses of cultural objects to theft, and the state of the art security systems that we now have will prevent trafficking of these rare artifacts and remove the immediate risk of permanent loss if stolen artifacts can be authentically identified and recovered,” says Dr Mahachi.“
“The latest failed diplomatic effort – which attracted only five leaders from the 15-nation bloc – leaves the country sinking deeper into a humanitarian crisis. Only Kgalema Motlanthe, the South African host, Joseph Kabila from the DRC, President Hifikepunye Pohambo of Namibia, Armando Guebuza of Mozambique and Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili were present. The rest had representatives standing in for them. An extraordinary situation when you consider that the summit was set up to discuss two major crises “ Zimbabwe and the DRC. But we should also remember that Kgalema Motlanthe was the head of the South African observer mission to the massively rigged Zimbabwe presidential election in 2002. He declared that poll completely free and fair. After Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara made their presentations to the SADC leaders, the trio was asked to recuse themselves from the room to allow the summit to deliberate and issue a ruling. Basildon Peta, a Zimbabwean journalist who covered the summit, said Tsvangirai and Mutambara made their way out, but Mugabe flatly refused to leave the room. “Mugabe told them (SADC leaders) point blank he was not going out. So he sat in judgement of his own case. He had his way and no leader, including the South African President, challenged him on that,” Peta said.“
This is how Mugabe remains at the top of the tree. By influence, presence and daring. Nothing more. He no longer has anything else to offer…
“Mugabes participation in the deliberations, where he had ‘vested interests’ was also raised by Tsvangirai during a press briefing at the end of the summit. The MDC told the SADC leaders they lacked the courage to tell Mugabe that his position was wrong. There are reports from the summit describing Mugabe as ‘extremely contemptuous’ of Tsvangirai throughout the summit, and interrupting him during his presentation. When the MDC leader said he had won the March 29 election, Mugabe shouted, “You didnt! You didn’t!“
And yet we have members of ZANU PF wanting to punish the MDC for heckling Mugabe…
For me, perhaps the most presumptuous part of the summit was the manner in which the Zimbabwean crisis was dismissed, once the 5 leaders had heard from Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Mutambara, giving Mugabe a clean ticket to continue with his dictatorial rule.
“Asked if the summit had discussed anything apart from the Home Affairs issue, Peta said the SADC position was, “go home, establish a new government and then the rest will follow.” SADC said all other areas that were being contested would be resolved once there was a government in place.“
SADC and the regional leaders allow Mugabe to continue in office, regardless of how badly Mugabe treat them – and regardless of the situation, the manner in which matters have been dealt with, or how biased decisions are, SADC ‘stands by their man’ – Mugabe.
Tsvangirai yesterday accused President Kgalema Motlanthe and other southern African leaders of pressuring his party to compromise on its demand for a key cabinet post – while it treated the Zimbabwean president with kid gloves. Tsvangirai said the weekends Southern African Development Community summit, in Sandton, failed because the regions heads of state were afraid to disagree with Mugabe.“
One wonders where the allegiances of the SADC members lie. Not that it takes much to be convinced that it is not with democracy…
“In our view, a great opportunity has been missed by SADC to bring an end to the Zimbabwean crisis. This omission has occurred because SADC approached this summit without any concrete strategy and did not have the courage and the decency (to look) Mugabe in the eyes and tell him that his position was wrong,” Tsvangirai said.“
‘debvhu
Source: http://thebeardedman.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-11th-november-2008.html