Power-Sharing in Zimbabwe Nearing Reality as Lower House of Parliament Passes Constitutional Amendment

The power-sharing deal that will bring Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai into a unity government is nearing reality after members of the lower house of parliament passed a constitutional amendment that would make it possible.

By passing the constitutional amendment Tsvangirai would be in position to assume the role of prime minister while Mugabe would remain president.

While the amendment passed the lower house it now sits before the Senate and will then need to be signed by Mugabe before it takes effect. Mugabe is expected to sign the amendment which would end a five-month dispute between the two sides following their power-sharing agreement.

Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change party, refused to join the government after Mugabe appointed members of his ZANU-PF party to key cabinet positions. Mugabe would not back down, and has shown no signs of doing so, but Tsvangirai has been encouraged to abide by the deal and work for change once he is sworn in as prime minister on Feb. 11.

Zimbabwe is currently facing devastating hyper-inflation that has ruined its currency, a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 3,000 and a crumbling health sector that can provide little or no relief to residents. Many countries have refused to provide aid to Zimbabwe with Mugabe in power but with Tsvangirai in as prime minister those countries are expected to lift sanctions and provide relief.

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