ZIMBABWE NAMES ELECTORAL AND RIGHTS BODIES
Apr 6th, 2010 by admin
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has sworn in the members of the country’s first human rights and electoral commissions. South African negotiators who are mediating talks between Zimbabwe’s unity government partners said the move, completed last Wednesday, was a breakthrough towards electoral reforms and new elections. The BBC said analysts believe the two commissions are politically balanced between Mugabe’s party, Zanu-PF, and the former opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, headed by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The two parties signed a power-sharing deal after a disputed presidential election in 2008 lead to months of deadly political violence. Meanwhile, Zimbabwean MPs claimed last week that police prevented them from entering the Chiadzwa diamond district. They had gone to investigate allegations of illegal mining, corruption and violence by army troops.
