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| Tsvangirai asks West to reject Mugabe envoys |
| 2010-10-13 |
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has asked the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society and European Union not to recognise new ambassadors unilaterally appointed by President Bob (Muggsy) Mugabe, his front man said today. "Those appointments are supposed to be by consultation," Tsvangirai's front man Luke Tamborinyoka told AFP. "The letters were dispatched to the UN secretary-general concerning the appointments of ambassadors to the UN office's in Geneva and New York," he said. Should be consulted Letters were also sent to European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and to the leaders of Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and South Africa, he said. Under the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that created the unity government between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, the prime minister should be consulted on all appointments, Tamborinyoka said. "The prime minister has asked these countries and the UN not to recognise the appointments as they are not representative of other parties to the GPA," he said. Friction over key appointments has strained the coalition since it was formed last year. |
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