20 July 2009 Zim News Flash
Written on July 20, 2009 by Emily
Zanu-PF to campaign for Kariba Draft
Zanu-PF has allegedly deployed youths and war veterans across the country to campaign for the adoption of the so-called Kariba Draft of the constitution which is at the centre of a dispute between President Robert Mugabe and the MDC. The constitution-making process moves into the second phase which involves the gathering of information from the general public after a constitutional conference held in Harare early last week. Highly placed sources within Zanu-PF told The Zimbabwe Times that the party had deployed youths and war veterans to several parts of the country to campaign for the adoption of the Kariba draft.
Jomic Official Blasts State Media Over ‘Hate Speech’
The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee, stung by accusations that it is a paper tiger, has turned the heat on state media accusing it of poisoning the new political dispensation.
Thabitha Khumalo who represents the MDC-T on Jomic — a tripartite forum monitoring the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) — said they were worried that the state media had relapsed into “disseminating hate speech”.
Zimbabwe won’t return top MDC man’s passport
Zimbabwe’s attorney general is refusing to hand back the passport of Roy Bennett, a senior Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party official, five months after it was confiscated when he was accused of sabotage. The white former farmer is the No.3 in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party and Zimbabwe’s deputy agriculture minister-designate. He is also one of about 50 MDC officials to have been prosecuted since Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe formed a unity government in September.
Biti Threatens To Quit
Finance Minister Tendai Biti yesterday said he will quit the inclusive government if he is forced to resuscitate the Zimbabwean dollar, because he is determined to ensure that his policies are not reversed. Last month President Robert Mugabe told Zanu PF’s National Consultative Assembly he wanted the worthless dollar which was taken out of circulation following the formation of the unity government re-introduced because people had no access to multiple currencies.
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