Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says he is ready to go ahead and form a cabinet if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai does not sign a power-sharing deal on Thursday. Meanwhile Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC responded by saying any attempts by Mugabe to pressure it into an agreement would fail.
“Where on earth have you seen dialogue held on the basis of threats and ultimatum? They want to bully us into an agreement, but that’s completely unacceptable,” MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said to Reuters.
Reports in Harare have described talks on Thursday as the last chance for Tsvangirai to agree to a power-sharing deal that could see an end to the current political and economic crisis in the country.
Mugabe is reported to have said he would form a government with or without Tsvangirai because Zimbabwe could not afford to have a situation where there is no cabinet forever, the Herald reported.
“If after tomorrow (Thursday) Tsvangirai does not sign we will certainly put together a cabinet. We feel frozen at the moment,” Mugabe told reporters in Lusaka on Wednesday after attending the funeral of the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa.
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