Zimbabwe Deadlock Continues Over Mugabe's Future Role
August 12, 2008
Talks between opposition leaders and Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party are scheduled to continue on Tuesday, Aug. 12.
The two sides have been in closed-door talks at a Harare hotel since Sunday morning. The talks, presided over by South African President Thabo Mbeki, are seen as the country's best hope for ending a post-election crisis and starting down the road to economic recovery.
A source in the opposition MDC told Associated Press news agency that Mugabe continues to refuse to give up executive powers. An official from the ruling ZANU-PF countered that MDC boss Morgan Tsvangirai is holding back negotiations.
He accused Tsvangirai of "moving goal posts, forcing us to negotiate issues which we had already agreed upon," Reuters news agency reported.