Munyaradzi Mugadza, AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe Photo: Vusumuzi Sifile
The world stood ready to assist Zimbabwe with its political and economic reconstruction only if the power deal reflects the will of the people, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband have stated. The deal was reached on September 15 between rivals - Zanu PF and the two factions of the MDC.
Soon after the signing of the power sharing deal, the European Union and her allies said they would not lift the sanctions until they assess the deal regarded as the only way out off the Zimbabwean crisis.
Miliband said aide will only be channeled to Zimbabwe if the new government to be formed reflects a new approach adding that financial and travel sanctions imposed by European countries and her allies targeted only “individual members of the Mugabe regime.
“The parlous state of the Zimbabwean economy is not the result of the international community. It is the result of mismanagement by the Mugabe regime,” Miliband told reporters after attending a ministerial session on Myanmar hosted by UN chief Ban Ki-moon at UN headquarters.
“It is very important that a clear message goes out that there are definite expectations of a significant transfer of power reflecting the results of the parliamentary and presidential elections which were won by the (Tsvangirai-led) opposition,” Miliband said.
Mugabe, Arthur Mutambara and Morgan Tsvangirai signed a historic power sharing agreement on the 15th of September and end the turbulence situation in the country but the civic society has condemned the power deal as it does not reflect the will of the people and falls short below their expectation.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union, the umbrella body of workers and which gave birth to the Movement for Democratic Change said the deal is an outcome of a flawed process.
“A country must be governed by a democratically elected government and the current arrangement means that the people would be led by an unelected government for the next five years” said ZCTU in a communiqué after the general council met on September 20
ZCTU said this is a temporary measure that denies Zimbabweans the right to put in place a government through a democratic process which includes a people driven constitution making process.
The European Union imposed “smart” sanctions, including travel and financial restrictions, Mugabe and his troops because of human rights violations and neglecting the rule of law.
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