Professor, what happened at the Sadc meeting?
Going into the Sadc summit, the position of our party was very clear. We were totally and unequivocally in support of Tsvangirai getting the Ministry of Home Affairs given the distribution of the security ministries, and in pursuit of fairness and equity. We dismissed Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF’s claim to the ministry as not only baseless, but unreasonable, frivolous and vexatious. However, it must be emphasised that it was a clear understanding among the three political parties that we were going to Sadc for a firm ruling, some kind of arbitration. The challenge is not whether you like the Sadc decision, but rather how you are going to respond to it. We must clearly explain and outline our reservations about the outcome, but at the same time respect Sadc processes and outcomes. The key thing is that all the stakeholders on the Zimbabwean matter must remain engaged. Now that the Sadc has made this ruling, where to now? There are two things we need to emphasise on the way forward. The fi
