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27 January, 2009 10:14:00 Hon Mr. Nelson Chamisa National Spokesperson

MDC Secretary for Information Nelson Chamisa

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MDC PRESS RELEASE - We came to this summit with five outstanding issues which are: 1. The Enactment of Constitutional Amendment Number 19 2. The definition of National Security Council legislation 3. Equitable allocation of portfolio ministries 4. The appointment of Provincial Governors and other senior positions. 5. The Breaches of the MOU and the GPA

It was our expectation that the SADC processes would be above board and be beyond reproach. Regrettably once again we note that Mr. Mugabe was allowed to sit in during the closed session of the plenary meetings. Thus once again Mr. Mugabe has been unfairly allowed to be a judge in his own cause.

As far as the merits are concerned, our expectations were again that SADC would come up with a just resolution to the outstanding issues in the interest of Zimbabwe and all the parties concerned.

Quite clearly the conclusions reached as reflected in the communiqué fall far short of our expectations. Most importantly they do not accord with our National Council resolutions of the 14th of November
2008 and 12th of December 2008.

It is important that finality be brought to this issue and therefore our National Council will meet on Friday 30th of January 2008 to define the party position.

"The mistake that Zanu-PF is making is to imagine that we are desperate to be in the government. We are not in a hurry to be chauffeur-driven. We are a people-driven party." ~ Hon Mr. Nelson Chamisa National Spokesperson

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Comments (1 posted):

Peter Macklyn on 28 January, 2009 04:39:10

We all knew that SADAC is a waste of time and they are all the same as mugabe. It's a foregone conclusion as to the results as soon as they let him sit in on the closed session of the plenary meetings. Why is he allowed to do that if SADAC is not on his side without reserve. The MDC must hold out and ignore the thrests of this murdreing dictator and thus let him try and sort his own mess out. He will undoubtedly fail as he has so far, although that won't bother him or his cronies. But maybe it will get so bad that the people of Zimbabwe will rise up and destroy him like happens to all dictators. I look forward to seeing mugabe and his cronies in their own Chikurubu cells with the starving, beaten and raped existing inmates there. I also wish the South African President would stop lying to the people and just tell the truth that they failed.