The ongoing political feud inZimbabwe's unity government deepened after President Robert Mugabe called PrimeMinister Morgan Tsvangirai "dishonest".
The state run Herald newspaper quotedMr. Mugabe as accusing Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)party of pretense, saying Zimbabwe's cabinet is not a party affair.
Politicalobservers say Mugabe's latest comment casts doubts on the ability of theSouthern African Development Community (SADC) to resolve the ongoing rift.
Tsvangirai recently "disengaged" from the government after accusing PresidentMugabe and his ZANU-PF party of persecuting his partisans.
Rejoice Mgwenya, apolitical analyst said that Mr. Mugabe's accusationis misplaced.
"Weall know that politicians are not exactly saints and Tsvangirai has had hisbouts of dishonesty here and there, but when judgment is coming from a personlike Mugabe who for the past 25 years has been responsible (for) cheating inelections. It's very debatable what he is saying whether we can take it with apinch of salt," Mgwenya said.
Mugabealso said the decision by Tsvangirai and his MDC party to halt collaborationwith his ZANU-PF was hypocritical.
ButMgwenya said President Mugabe doesn't have the moral right to accuse people ofdishonesty.
"Weknow what he is talking about, (and) dishonesty can only be associated withZANU-PF," Mgwenya said.
PresidentMugabe said that Zimbabweans have the ability to solve their own problems.
ButMgwenya said that there is need for outside help to resolve the crisis.
"Weare almost a year ever since the agreement was signed and he (Mugabe) istalking about issues that could have been easily resolved with a stroke of apen?but the mere reason that these agreements were bankrolled by SADC meansthat there are certain issues that cannot be handled internally," Mgwenya said.
Hesaid the regional body should continue its mediation efforts.
"Ithink SADC here really has got a legitimate role to be accepted as mediators inthis crisis," he said.
Over the weekend, the delegation of regional mediators announced that there was need for afull SADC summit to address the deepening rift within Zimbabwe's power-sharingagreement.
Mgwenyahowever said Zimbabweans have often been disappointed.
"Onceagain the expectations of Zimbabweans have been violated in the sense that weexpected the Troika to spell out? that these specific issues can be resolvedand that Mugabe should resolve them," Mgwenya said.
Hesaid the SADC "full summit" recommendation might not be enough to resolve thecrisis.
"Bypassing the buck to a higher summit, it means that we might get back to thesame scenario where SADC heads of state who will simply refer back again to thescenario of Zimbabweans can resolve their own problems," he said.
Mgwenyasaid Zimbabweans should fight for their rights.
"Theoverwhelming sense of helplessness and collective bereavement that has engulfedZimbabweans is a simple case of lack of civil action awareness. In otherwords?if politicians are failing to resolve these issues?Zimbabweans arecapable of taking their destiny into their hands," Mgwenya said.
Hesaid there is reason to suggest that Zimbabwe's politicians seem disinterestedin resolving the ongoing challenges.