ZIM WATCH:Mugabe and breakaway MDC faction sign deal

HARARE-Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and breakaway opposition MDC faction leader Arthur Mutambara signed a power-sharing deal on Tuesday, a ruling party official said, effectively sidelining Morgan Tsvangirai.The senior ZANU-PF official close to the talks said opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai did not sign the agreement and that Mugabe would form a unity government and convene parliament next week."We, and the MDC headed by Mutambara have signed the agreement. Tsvangirai did not sign the agreement because he is basically trying to take us back, to renegotiate issues that we had already agreed on," the official told Reuters. "We are proceeding, and the president (Mugabe) is going to form a government of national unity including members of the opposition."
The ZANU-PF official declined to comment on whether the new government would include officials from Tsvangirai's MDC.The agreement could be a setback to efforts to end the post-election political crisis and hurt efforts to end an economic catastrophe.Mutambara was a key player in the power-sharing talks and his small MDC faction's 10 seats will give Mugabe sway in parliament.MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti had earlier said the talks would continue, but made it clear differences remained.

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