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May 20, 2009 Zimbabwe: 100 Days Plus
"We all knew this was going to be a fragile, tenuous, very uneasy
relationship but one where the MDC had little option. Having said
that, it was also very clear from the beginning that this kind of
arrangement was going to be a battle for the State between the two
parties from its inception and indeed that's what it's turned out
to be ... But I think we've also seen a kind of new hope that
emerged in the 100 days, a sense that something else was possible
and the beginning of, at least the first steps of accountability of
the ruling party." - Brian Raftopoulos on SW Radio Africa
Feb 10, 2009 Zimbabwe: Making a Bad Deal Work?
"The reality is that they have been co-opted as junior partners on
its margins." Zimbabwean journalist Tendai Dumbutshena wrote in
Pambazuka News, referrring to the January 30 decision by the MDC-Tsvangirai to
accept formation of an "inclusive government" with Robert Mugabe's
ZANU PF. And, indeed, few analysts other than partisans of the incumbent
regime were optimistic that ZANU PF would truly share power or cease the
use of violence against political opponents and human rights activists. But
some hoped that the new government might signal some small relief from
the downward spiral in economic and social conditions.
Jun 22, 2008 Africa: AfricaFocus Web Updates
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