Security chiefs salute new PM
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 14:57 HARARE - It's official, Zimbabwe's
security chiefs have began saluting new Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai, officials from both Zanu (PF) and the MDC have confirmed.
Tsvangirai is now in direct and total control of Zimbabwe's Home
Affairs ministry that houses the police, customs, immigration and
national registry.
According to a senior MDC and newly-appointed government minister,
Tsvangirai is set to summon police commissioner Augustine Chihuri to
his office to discuss how the new look police would operate in a
democratic country under true rule of law.
"The first to salute Tsvangirai was the Police Commissioner-General,
Augustine Chihuri. Army generals did the same before the signing of the
power-sharing deal on Monday," an MDC senior party official told CAJ
News.
Prior to the signing of the power-sharing deal the Zimbabwe Defence
Forces commander, Lieutenant-General Constantine Chiwenga and other
service chiefs vowed never to salute the Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) president Morgan Tsvangirai accusing him of being "a sellout".
"It's now mandatory for both police and army chiefs to do exactly what
they swore never to. Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe's new prime minister and
should be accorded due respect," said one former freedom fighter after
the signing ceremony at Harare International Conference Centre on
Monday.
Both president Robert Mugabe and prime minister Tsvangirai, who are
sharing power, now command equal authority and respect in Zimbabwe. -
CAJ News.
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