Heads of the Zimbabwe National Army, the Zimbabwe Republic Police, and the Central Intelligence Organisation, reportedly met Mbeki in Pretoria last weekend, in a bid to convince him to persuade Tsvangirai, president of the main Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formation, not to prosecute them if the talks result in him taking over power from President Robert Mugabe.
Fears of prosecution over crimes against humanity emanating from state-sponsored political violence that left more than 3 000 MDC activists killed between 2000 and 2008, is threatening the collapse of ZANU-PF’s supreme decision making body, the politburo.
War veterans are reported to be panicking as well in their role in violence, while the military rulers, who before the March elections vowed never to salute Tsvangirai, are now likely to be forced to swallow their words.
Mbeki’s spokesperson, Mukoni Ratshitanga, dismissed the claim saying those allegations were baseless.
But impeccable source insists the army general came to Pretoria over the weekend to seek assurance from preisdent Mbeki that they would not be prosecuted in the event Tsvangirai takes over.
“I know nothing about that chapter of fiction. As far as we are concerned, the Zimbabwe powersharing talks are continuing this weekend.
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