Tsvangirai met with Zuma in Pretoria last night as part of his diplomatic regional tour aimed at sensitizing heads of states on GNU squabbles threatening to derail coming Zimbabwe elections.
The MDC-T leader wants GPA guarantors, SADC and African Union to ensure that the agreed election road map is respected to make the political environment conducive for free and fair election.
“SADC and AU as guarantors of the GPA will do everything possible to ensure a free and fair poll in Zimbabwe,” Zuma told Tsvangirai.
Sticking GPA points Tsvangirai would want cleared ahead of elections include public media reforms, security sector realignment, a clean and credible voters roll and the alignment of laws to the new constitution.
To iron out the differences Tsvangirai would want both a full SADC and a Troika summit to be convened to clarify and define the election roadmap.
President Zuma is expected in Zimbabwe anytime soon to engage with the principals of the GPA as a matter of urgency.
The second leg of Tsvangirai’s regional diplomatic offensive tour will see him meet with SADC Troika chairperson President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania tonight.
Tsvangirai would appraise Kikwete on the developments in Zimbabwe politics.
Last week Tsvangirai reacted to Zanu (PF) declarations that security sector reforms were not part of GPA by demanding that outstanding and agreed reforms must be implemented before elections are held.
“SADC should pressure Mugabe to implement reforms before elections or else there will not be any polls,” Tsvangirai told journalists at MDC-T Harvest House in Harare last week.
He said the major stumbling block to the implementation of the reforms was a palpable deficit of political will to implement agreed issues.
“In a short while I will be visiting players within SADC and the AU to ensure that Zimbabweans are guaranteed of a free and fair election.”
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How would Zoomer know what free and fair is – hire an expensive consultant for a couple of bar?
It is not anything that can be justified that, indeed, there shall be free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, as assumed by President Zuma, for the scope of tension can be unprecedented as we are still far from the event as of now; nothing can yet be anticipated. And those who constantly run around seeking refuge from the A.U. and S.A.D.C. are the ones who end up orchestrating this atmosphere of violence.
Free and fair coming from Zuma, when nothing in his own country is free and fair, Zuma has adopted Mugabe policies. Why does he always feel the need to stick his nose in other african states politics, when he cant even run his own country, honestly and fairly. We all know that Zuma is a staunch supporter of Mugabe, so whoever believes the voting will be free and fair needs to have their head read.