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Southern African leaders start summit on Zimbabwe
Sun Nov 9, 2008 6:25am EST
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African leaders opened a regional summit on Zimbabwe in South Africa Sunday, hoping to break a deadlock over the allocation of cabinet posts which has prevented formation of a power-sharing government.
The 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting is trying to end the impasse between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and put into effect a power-sharing deal reached in September.
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe said in opening remarks that the agreement signed by Zimbabwe's political rivals was the only hope for the country to revive its collapsed economy.
"The historical agreement signed on the 15th of September is the only vehicle to help Zimbabweans (with) their economic challenges," Motlanthe told the summit.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai were both attending the summit.
Motlanthe said there was some disappointment that the Zimbabwean parties had not agreed how to allocate cabinet posts.
"We hope the parties will show political maturity by putting the interest of the people of Zimbabwe first," he said.
Past meetings of regional heads of state have failed to produce a breakthrough and there were new signs that the parties may face another round of difficult negotiations.
Tsvangirai's MDC said last week that Mugabe's ZANU-PF party had put a "full stop" to negotiations on forming a government by carrying out what it said was widespread violence.
Zimbabwean state media reported Sunday that Mugabe's government would not change its stance on key positions in a power-sharing cabinet and the opposition should accept joint control of the interior ministry.
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told the state-run Sunday Mail the deadlock would end only if Tsvangirai agreed to joint control of the ministry, which oversees the police.
"The proposals are on the table and the ball is in Tsvangirai's court," Chinamasa said.
"We want to make it clear that this proposal, which ZANU-PF accepted as a compromise, was originated by Tsvangirai himself."
Tsvangirai, who would become prime minister under the power-sharing deal, has accused ZANU-PF of trying to seize the lion's share of important ministries and relegating the MDC to the role of junior partner.
TOUGH STAND Continued...
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