Robert Mugabe. Photo AFPCan Mutambara Save Zimbabwe's Power-Sharing Government? -- Christian Science Monitor
Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara portrayed himself as a mediator while decrying the obstinance of President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Johannesburg, South Africa; and Harare, Zimbabwe - For the second week running, President Robert Mugabe's coalition partners – the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – have boycotted cabinet meetings. It's the latest sign that the country's fragile power-sharing agreement could collapse.
But this doesn't mean that Mr. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has the government all to itself. Arthur Mutambara, the country's deputy prime minister and leader of a smaller faction of the MDC, and other members of his party attended cabinet meetings this week in a bid to hold the so-called Government of National Unity together.
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My Comment: I have been saying for the past few years that Mugabe is not going to change. He is a thug, and he and his followers are not going to change their approach to governance or their treatment of their opponents. Unfortunately, there are many who believe that the leopard can change its spots .... and that someone like Mugabe can be reformed.
Sigh .....
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