Zimbabwean PM to address rally on gov't

Zimbabwe Prime Minister President Morgan Tsvangirai will on Saturday present an overview of the performance of the inclusive government to party supporters in the mining town of Hwange, more than 300 km northwest of Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo.

The rally comes at a time when the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is complaining bitterly about alleged continued violations of the power-sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA) by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party.

Bickering over the outstanding issues had until recently taken back-stage as the parties focused on the constitution-making process and possible elections in 2011. But this changed when Mugabe re-deployed ambassadors without considering officials from the other parties in the inclusive government.

Tsvangirai is the leader of the bigger of two MDC factions, while Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara leads the other.

A spokesman for Tsvangirai's party told Xinhua on Thursday that Tsvangirai and other senior party officials will brief their supporters on the performance of the inclusive government and the progress made since the start of the Constitution-making process in June.

"The rally, branded as the "Real Change" rally is meant for President Tsvangirai and the real Change team to brief the people on the performance of the inclusive government and the progress made since the start of the Constitution-making process, which kicked off in June," the spokesman said in a statement.


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