Tsvangari refuses deal with Mugabe: Zimbabwe's opposition leader says he won't be a figurehead

Opinion

Barry Artiste

Mugabe, much like Brando in the Godfather, may make Tsvangari a offer he better not refuse.

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Tsvangari refuses deal with Mugabe Sun, September 7, 2008 Zimbabwe's opposition leader says he won't be a figurehead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GWERU, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader says no deal is better than making a bad deal to share power with President Robert Mugabe.

Morgan Tsvangirai made the comments Sunday at a celebration marking the ninth anniversary of his Movement for Democratic Change.

The party won the most votes in legislative and presidential elections in March. Mugabe subsequently held a one-man presidential run-off and the two sides have been deadlocked in talks over how to share power.

Mugabe is threatening to form his own cabinet without the opposition party if Tsvangirai does not sign on to the deal.