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| Mugabe's govt: parliament to convene next week |
| 2008-08-22 |
| President Robert Mugabe plans to open parliament next week for the first time since members were elected four months ago, but the opposition said Thursday such a step would undermine power-sharing talks. Members of parliament were to be sworn in Monday and Mugabe will open their session Tuesday, Cabinet clerk Austin Zvoma said on state radio late Wednesday. Main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking to reporters Thursday during a visit to Kenya, said he did not believe Mugabe would be able to open parliament. "Convening parliament is a violation, is a repudiation of some of the conditions" of an agreement that opened the way to power-sharing talks, Tsvangirai said. The parties agreed that "President Mugabe will not proceed to do anything unilaterally, that any step that we take has to be by consensus." |
| Posted by:Fred |