Tsvangirai rejects home affairs ministry deal
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai rejected the proposals
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Monday, 10, Nov 2008 09:47
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected a series of proposals to break the political deadlock in the country.
Southern African leaders called on Zimbabwe's political parties to share control of its home affairs ministry, but the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party rejected the idea.
Tomaz Salomao, the executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), called for an "inclusive government [to] be formed forthwith in Zimbabwe" after an emergency summit on Sunday.
Mr Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe agreed to form a unity government two months ago but have continually failed to agree on what form the cabinet would take and the appointment of key ministries.
Control of the important home affairs ministry has been one of the main areas of dispute, with Mr Tsvangirai claiming that working alongside Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party at the ministry was impracticable.
"The MDC is shocked and saddened that [the] SADC summit has failed to tackle these key issues ... a great opportunity has been missed by SADC to bring an end to the Zimbabwean crisis," the opposition leader told reporters.
Mr Tsvangirai accused the SADC of lacking the "courage and decency to look Robert Mugabe in the eyes" and tell the president he was wrong.