MDC to meet Friday to plan way forward

By Tichaona Sibanda
10 November 2008

The MDC will summon its entire leadership on Friday to deliberate on the outcome of the SADC summit in Johannesburg and plan the way forward.

Party spokesman Nelson Chamisa said they will not accept a ‘false settlement’ to the country’s political crisis, adding that the leaders will be considering the future of the power-sharing deal, signed nearly two months ago.
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Chamisa told journalists that the MDC position was that a false settlement was riskier than no settlement. He said the MDC wanted a deal that would give it ‘the influence to change the situation of the people of Zimbabwe.’

The summit in Johannesburg on Sunday called for Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai to form a unity government immediately, saying the parties should jointly control the disputed Home Affairs ministry, which controls the police.

Tsvangirai, who defeated Mugabe in March elections, has rejected this proposal as unworkable, while Mugabe told state television on Monday he would form a government soon, despite the disagreement.