Tsvangirai’s spokesman James Maridadi also said the Prime Minister will make his maiden speech to Parliament on Wednesday.
"Parliament will swear in the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on
Tuesday," Maridadi said. "He will make his maiden speech to Parliament
on Wednesday."
Tsvangirai, the leader of the country's former main opposition MDC
formation, was sworn in as Prime Minister on February 11 after agreeing
to join a power-sharing government with veteran President Robert Mugabe
and Arthur Mutambara, who leads a smaller of the MDC.
Under the power-sharing deal, Mugabe retained his job and most of his
executive powers while Tsvangirai as Prime Minister also enjoys some
executive authority. Mutambara is a deputy prime minister.
According to the country's laws, Tsvangirai must be an MP in order to be eligible to occupy the office of Prime Minister.
Tsvangirai, Mutambara and other top leaders in the unity government
will join Parliament as non-constituency members under a constitutional
amendment passed by the House last month.Â
Mugabe, who in the past had labelled Tsvangirai a Western puppet and
vowed never to allow the MDC leader to rule Zimbabwe, agreed to share
power after his ZANU PF party last year lost parliamentary elections to
the two MDC formations.
He also lost a parallel presidential ballot to Tsvangirai but the MDC
leader failed to secure the margin required to takeover the presidency.
Tsvangirai boycotted a subsequent second round presidential vote
because of state sponsored violence against his supporters. Mugabe went
on to win the ballot as sole candidate.
But Western governments and African election observers refused to
accept his victory and Mugabe eventually buckled under pressure,
agreeing to form a power-sharing government. – ZimOnline