But Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, despite his harshest criticism of President Robert Mugabe’ role in the coalition so far, insists he won’t be pulling out.
“I will not win every fight … but I’m committed to winning the war and win we shall,” he said in a review of the coalition woes circulated by his party since the weekend.
“I urge my team at every level of government to serve the people … not the self anointed who seek to exploit the country.”
He said he took a “leap of faith” in signing the coalition deal nearly two years ago with longtime foe Mugabe and remained committed to seeing it through.
“I believe in sticking to my word,” he said.
Diplomatic postings
The government’s power-sharing deal requires coalition partners to agree on all senior appointments.
Tsvangirai’s party said on Tuesday that the diplomatic postings had been made “illegally and unconstitutionally” and should not be recognised.
Tsvangirai has asked South Africa, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland to reject the diplomatic credentials of incoming ambassadors.
In another blow to the struggling coalition in the southern African nation, Mugabe has unilaterally reappointed 10 provincial governors and five new judges, Tsvangirai’s party said.
It said Tsvangirai had written to Mugabe urging him to “return the country to constitutional rule” under the February 2009 power sharing agreement brokered by regional leaders.
Source: SAPA