Speaking at a rally in the high density suburb of Chikanga in the
eastern border city of Mutare last week Mutsekwa revealed that the
government was working to finalise remaining issues in last September's
global political agreement (GPA) that gave birth to the power sharing
administration between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President
Robert Mugabe.
"We are very hopeful that that the announcements would be done after the Prime Minister resumes his official duties," he said.
Tsvangirai was in South Africa on compassionate leave following the
death of his wife Susan in a car crush along the Harare-Masvingo
highway early last month.
Tsvangirai who escaped with head injuries from the accident officially returned to work on Wednesday last week.
Mugabe had unilaterally appointed provincial governors and permanent
secretaries for government ministries, a move Tsvangirai criticised,
saying the appointment was in contravention of both the GPA and the
Constitution of Zimbabwe, as the President should have consulted the
other two parties in the unity government.
Mutsekwa said Tsvangirai, Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, who heads a
splinter faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had agreed
on a way to share the governorships among their parties.
"The three principals have agreed on a distribution process of the 10
governorship posts with each party set to have a governor in a province
it claimed the popular vote in the March 29 elections."
Under the agreement the Tsvagirai-led MDC is set to have five governors
in Harare and Bulawayo metropolitan provinces, Manicaland, Masvingo and
Matebeleland South provinces.
Mugabe's Zanu (PF) would claim Mashonaland East, West, Central and the
Midlands provinces while the Mutambara-led MDC formation would have the
Matebeleland North province.