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I am quite surprised that Sadc would come to such a bizarre suggestion and it seems it wanted to please Robert Mugabe.
If Sadc suggested that the Home Affairs be shared then should have gone ahead and suggested that Defence also be co-shared but then again where will be the sharing end.
It was an easy decision I think for the MDC to reject such a call but sadly it means we are nowhere nearer solving the crisis that affects so many millions of Zimbabweans.
Sadc helped create this situation by endorsing violent elections way back in 2002 and if they had acted then they wouldn't be all these problems I think.
Now they want to protect their mate by coming with a decision that favours Zanu PF and Robert Mugabe.
The question is where to now? I am also wondering whether this problem will ever be solved by talks and I am beginning to think its time that the people who matter make the decision.
The people who matter in this whole thing are Zimbabweans and I think its time to start organising fresh elections and let the people choose their own leader.
The Sadc agreement is too fragile to be the way forward for Zimbabwe and if there were elections supervised by the international community the people of Zimbabwe can freely choose their new leader who will cater for them and their needs.
Sadc is not interested and that explains why they were only five heads of state at the summit.
As you say the problems where to from here. This is a time when strong leadership is needed especially given the hunger situation in Zimbabwe and the leaders at the moment seem to be more concerned about power whilst bodies like Sadc have now lost interest altogether.
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