MDC: Talks have stalled
2008-10-10 15:33
Special Report
A classical music presenter for the BBC has been arrested and is in custody in Zimbabwe.
Harare - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change on Friday claimed that talks to allocate key cabinet positions have reached deadlock, leaving a power-sharing accord in jeopardy, a spokesperson said.
"The three principals met and there is now a shared consensus among them that there is a deadlock," Nelson Chamisa, spokesperson for the MDC told AFP.
"The intervention of the mediator therefore becomes imperative," said Chamisa.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF was not available to comment.
In September Zimbabwe's political rivals signed a landmark power-sharing deal aimed at ending the country's ruinous political crisis.
Under the deal, 84-year-old Mugabe would retain his position as head of state, after nearly three decades in power, while Tsvangirai took up the new post of prime minister.
Tsvangirai's MDC claims that Mugabe's ruling party wants to retain key posts - believed to be the defence, home affairs, state security and finance ministries - in violation of the pact.
- AFP