Monday, October 20, 2008

DA urges government to give Mugabe an ultimatum

By Sasha Forbes
20 October 2008

Due to failure by former President Thabo Mbeki to resolve the deadlock over the allocation of cabinet ministries between ZANU-PF and the MDC reaffirms the dominant perception that he is incapable of finding a permanent solution to the political impasse in Zimbabwe.

The Democratic Alliance urges President Kgalema Motlanthe to mobilize the Southern African Development Community to give Robert Mugabe an ultimatum that he must either agree to share the key ministries with the MDC or the regional organization will not recognize his government when the SADC Troika on Peace, Politics and Security meets in Mbabane today.

DA spokesperson Joe Seremane says that “the ultimatum is merely a strong signal from SADC to the people in Zimbabwe that they can not go living like that and being entrusted especially to Zanu-PF. It is quite clear that they are playing political games, but they forget about the backgrounds people who are suffering.”

The DA believes that it is high time that President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF have got to start being more responsible and not play game.

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