"The continued violations of the rule of law and the Global PoliticalAgreement prevent the inflows of development aid, obstructing thelegislative agenda and risk keeping Zimbabwe mired in poverty and thefear of persecution," Tsvangirai said.
"What continues to plague Zimbabwe can be best described as reluctanceto accept the reality of the changes taking place within the country,"he told reporters.
"This residual resistance represents an unwillingness to accept thefact that the new political dispensation is not only irreversible, butalso offers the country the only viable way forward."
Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe’s long-time President Robert Mugabe formed aunity government in February aimed at ending nearly a year of politicalunrest sparked by inconclusive elections last year.
However, Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is disputingMugabe’s unilateral appointment of the central bank governor, theattorney general and provincial governors.
Guarantees of political and media freedoms have also been ignored, withtwo leading journalists arrested this week for reporting on publiccourt documents that named security officials involved in theabductions of rights activists.
Tsvangirai warned that Zimbabwe will not move forward if the unity dealis "not fully implemented while the rule of law continues to beviolated".
He again insisted he would not pull out of the unity government,calling it "the only viable way forward for this country". AlthoughZimbabwe has won $1-billion in credit lines from across Africa, thegovernment is still struggling to win direct financial support.
Many Western nations say they want to see more concrete signs of reform before giving financial aid directly to the government.
Mail & Guardian/SAPA/Agence France Presse (AFP)