Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition and the country’s prime minister-designate, should be sworn in by February 11, regional leaders gathered at a summit in South Africa have declared, informes Aljazeerra.net Tuesday.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit decided that “the prime minister and the deputy prime ministers should be sworn in by 11 February 2009,” Tomaz Salomao, the bloc’s executive secretary, said on Tuesday.
The 15-member SADC also agreed on the allocation of key minsterial portfolios between the MDC and Zanu-PF, which is led by Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s president.
The European Union on Monday tightened sanctions on Harare by adding more than 60 pro-Mugabe officials and companies to a visa and assets freeze that bans them from travelling to or trading with EU nations.
The blacklist, which now totals 203 people and 40 entities, is aimed at increasing pressure on Mugabe to stand down.
