Posted by Zimbabwe’s political rivals have reached an “understanding” on a constitutional amendment crucial to forming a unity government, but have yet to settle other disputes, the opposition said in Johannesburg on Friday.
“There has been some shared understanding on the issue of the constitutional amendment” which will set out the powers of the new prime minister, opposition spokesman Nelson Chamisa told a news briefing.
“However, other outstanding issues are still to be resolved,” he added. Chamisa declined to say if he was optimistic that a unity government would soon be formed, but said he believed the opposition could settle its differences with the ruling ZANU-PF.
“There are some issues which are remaining that should not take a lot of energy and time,” he said.
“A lot depends on the sincerity of ZANU-PF,” he added.
The announcement came despite a statement Thursday by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who said that two days of talks in South Africa this week had failed to make headway.
He also called on former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who brokered the deal signed on September 15, to recuse (step down) himself as the mediator in Zimbabwe’s political crisis.
Source African Press Agency
