Zimbabwe opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who failed to attend his party's crucial National Council to have a postmortem on the outcome of SADC (the Southern African Development Community) Extraordinary Summit on the formation of an inclusive government on Friday, is apparently globe-trotting and now in France, The Herald reported on Monday.
France is the current chair of the European Union, which has slapped Zimbabwe with sanctions that have condemned ordinary people to immense suffering.
It was not immediately clear what type of travel document Tsvangirai was using, since he had only been issued with an Emergency Travel Document valid for South Africa.
Tsvangirai is said to be consulting on the way forward after the summit resolved that the inclusive government be formed immediately with the disputed Ministry of Home Affairs being co-managed by ruling ZANU-PF and MDC-T.
The ruling Zanu-PF information sub-committee member Christopher Mutsvangwa said the government hoped that Tsvangirai's efforts were directed towards the international normalization of the Zimbabwean case.
"If his efforts are directed towards international normalization of Zimbabwe's relations with EU, then it's a welcome move. One hopes that he is sending a message to those countries that we have come together and we are forming an inclusive Government," said Mutsvangwa.
While the rest of his team came back home after the SADC Extraordinary Summit in Sandton last week, Tsvangirai remained behind and his party said he was consulting regional leaders on the way forward.
He, soon after the summit, flew to France.
The MDC national council on Friday said it would only join the inclusive government once Constitutional Amendment No. 19 is passed to comply with all the terms of the September 15 deal, under which President Mugabe remains the post, and Tsvangirai becomes premier.
Zimbabweans from all walks of life have since September 15 been waiting for the ruling Zanu-PF and the two opposition MDC formations to form the inclusive Government, which they see as the best way to solve the political situation that has resulted in ordinary people suffering.
The Minister of Information and Publicity Sikhanyiso Ndlovu on Friday said President Mugabe is already in the process of forming the much-awaited inclusive Government.
Source: Xinhua
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