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Zimbob finally issues passport so Tsvangirai can return
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government has issued a new passport to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, according to a senior official with Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party. Tsvangirai had threatened to pull out of a power-sharing deal with Mugabe unless the passport was issued."He now has the document after a long struggle," said the MDC official, confirming a report in the state-owned weekly The Sunday Mail. Tsvangirai is in neighboring Botswana, but has said he cannot return to Zimbabwe without a valid passport. Party spokesman Nelson Chamisa would not comment on whether the passport was issued. Asked whether Tsvangirai would join Mugabe's government if given the passport, Chamisa said it was more important that Mugabe's ZANU-PF party "shows sincerity by releasing the people it abducted and resolves the outstanding issues of equitable distribution of cabinet and senior posts" in the government. Tsvangirai and Mugabe signed the unity deal September 15, but Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the MDC have failed to implement it because they cannot agree on who should control key ministries. Posted by: lotp 2008-12-29 |
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