Zanu (PF), MDC talks to pay results before elections

Speaking to CAJ News on the sidelines of the African National Congress (ANC)’s 52nd Conference at Limpopo University, Polokwane, South Africa on Sunday, Khaya-Moyo, said both the ruling party and the opposition were eager to see meaningful changes in everything the two parties would have agreed upon.
 “Well, I can not comment much on this subject because President Thabo Mbeki is taking care of everything, but the botton line is that the talks are going on smoothly.
 “As the governing political party, we would like to wish Cde Mbeki a successful mediation as expected by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state,” said Khaya-Moyo.
 When asked to comment about President Mugabe’s commitment to the talks, Khaya-Moyo said ,the president was heavily involved in the implementation of the talks hence the progress in the Mbeki led talks.
 He said respecting, supporting and appreciating President Mbeki’s effort to see the political stalemate being broken was very important to every Zimbabwean both in the Diaspora and those that are back at home.
 Zanu (PF) Chairman, John Nkomo refused to talk as he was the main man participating in the ANC Congress. Nkomo later referred all questions to Khaya-Moyo.
 Recent reports indicate that the country’s main opposition political party was concerned about the slow pace in which the talks were going.
 As that was not enough, the two MDC factions were concerned about the ruling party’s resistance in drafting new people driven constitution well ahead of the elections next year.
 The stand-off between ZANU (PF) and MDC is threatening the voting process next year with the opposition arguing that any failure to implement both constitutional and electoral reforms would result in election boycott as they would not be free and fair-CAJ News.