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Tsvangirai not the author of sanctions- Mudenge
Published: February 5, 2010
Harare(ZimEye)- Higher and Tertiary Education Minister and senior ZANU PF official Stan Mudenge said MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai did not invite sanctions to the country.
Mudenge on Thursday narrated the origination of sanctions to delegates attending a one-day workshop to deliberate on possible avenues in repayment of the country’s debts, and in the process eliminated Tsvangirai from the controvesial sanctions equation.
“I was then the Foreign Affairs Minister when I was invited for a meeting by members of the European Union in Brussels Belguim on 19 December 2001 which was led by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel, when they talked of their decision to put Zimbabwe under sanctions. They did not hide their point as they clearly said they did not want Mugabe led government because he had taken away their land, and Tsvangirai was not there. They said they were no longer trusting Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party, adding that for them to get rid of Mugabe they had to make the Zimbabwean people suffer through imposing sanctions on them. The sanctions were targeted to the ordinary Zimbabweans so that they would revolt against the ZANU-PF led government because of the land reform.
“I have said this to my colleagues in my party, cabinet, parliament and continue to say so. What we require from Tsvangirai is to go and tell the British that he is not part of their agenda (obva ageza maoko). We want him to play his party by telling them that they should remove the sanctions since they have said he has the power to do so,” said Mudenge.
Mudenge is a ZANU-PF politburo member, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and a senior ZANU-PF official who has been in cabinet since 1980.
Last month while addressing the house of commons British foreign secretary David Miliband said that UK would be guided by advice from the MDC on whether the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe would be lifted or not.
“We have to calibrate our response to the progress on the ground, and, above all, to be guided by what the MDC says to us about the conditions under which it is working and leading the country,” Miliband said.
The statement by Miliband has given ZANU-PF an excuse not to implement the GPA aggreement temrs.The liberation party has resolved to stop any reform saying Tsvangirai should call for the removal of sanctions.(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)
5 Comments on "Tsvangirai not the author of sanctions- Mudenge"
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mafi on Sat, 6th Feb 2010 5:14 pm
Why is Zanu PF afraid of discussing the sanctions directly with the West? If as they claim that the sanctions are illegal then they have an obligation to the nation to directly prove that their position is legitimate and in the interest of the nation.
Mudenge and his at gang in Zanu PF should demonstrate that their rhetoric is worth its salt by using whatever mandate they have to negotiate themselves instead of sending MDC.If they cannot stand their ground at the negotiating table then they should shut up and stop blackmailing MDC and the nation at large and proceed with the GNU issues without putting ’stupid’ conditions.No political party can negotiate for the legitimacy of its rival.
J Kumbirai on Tue, 9th Feb 2010 11:11 pm
What an interesting shift of opinion Mudenge!
son on Thu, 11th Feb 2010 10:31 am
MEDENGE ARI KUTOZVIRWARIRAWO UYU
Lucias MATHEW on Wed, 17th Feb 2010 12:32 pm
Is this state,ment original or a faked document. Time changes. Lets hope
Samtoko on Wed, 24th Feb 2010 1:37 pm
Zanu PF is not refusing to talk directly with the West, but its the West which is afraid to talk to them cos they know the sunctions are illegetimate . Tanga varesearcher and read widely Mafi don’t just read NewZimbabwe or this paper alone because they are biased towards Zanu PF.Changamuka mheni maZimba hakona kuvata.