Speaking on the eve of his departure Bennett told SW Radio Africa he was very apprehensive. He said: To tell you the truth I am scared because I don't know what faces me on the other side. But Bennett felt he wanted to be part of this important occasion and also test the sincerity and genuineness of the Mugabe regime.
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And early Friday morning the MDC's National Treasurer passed through airport security without any hassle, with one of the security officers merely saying to him: Oh, it’s you Mr Bennett.
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He went straight to the meeting where the National Council committed itself to the unity government. It is believed this decision came after serious pressure from SADC, which had said it would guarantee and deliver the process, with the government formed by mid February.
Bennett, who was a commercial farmer before he was violently driven off his land in Chimanimani, said: I find it as difficult as the next person to even begin to trust these processes, but there has to be a starting point of moving this forward on the basis that people are suffering and on the basis that SADC has guaranteed this process.
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He added that within SADC the MDC has friends, who believe a power sharing government can be delivered.
 SWRadio Africa
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