Zimbabwe: 2007 till Mugabe resigns

[M-A Lagrange]

The public perception that the Zanu PF party is not at all serious about addressing human rights violations or re-establishing non-partisan law and order in Zimbabwe is most heavily highlighted by the news that members of the disbanded Joint Operations Command - now the National Security Council - are said to be holding secret meetings with Robert Mugabe, excluding Morgan Tsvangirai who, under the GPA, is a member of the National Security Council. Analysts have reportedly said that these secretive meetings constitute the worst violation of the Global Political Agreement by the Zanu PF party.

Since 2000, Bob has had a paralell administration ran by ex-liberation fighters. Even before the elections, observers in Zimbabwe were sceptical on the capacities of Tsangirai to be capable to run the state if he won. The administration in place is not the one rulling (and probably never was) the place. We should not be surprised. It is part of Mugabe strategy to keep power: apparently sharing power with opposition but if they do not comply with him, keeping a personal hand on the security apparatus. What Tsangirai is experimenting is what happened to ZAPU.