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Wed 11 Nov 2008Mbeki to review bill allowing Mugabe government - report
Zimbabwe has sent a draft copy of a constitutional amendment empowering President Robert Mugabe unilaterally to form a government to mediator Thabo Mbeki for review, the state-run Heraldnewspaper said today.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has refused to enter the government, accusing Mugabe's Zanu-PF party of trying to take the most powerful ministries and freeze out the MDC - violating a September 15th power-sharing deal - leading to a two-month deadlock in talks over the formation of a cabinet.
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