Movement for Democratic Change leader and Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai who had been living in Botswana said he would be returning home in January 2009 and meet with President Robert Mugabe.
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Acting Finance Minister Hebert Murerwa forecast a 3.5 to 5 percent growth and inflation of between 30-50 percent, more or less echoing what central bank governor Gideon Gono had said in his monetary statement.
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Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa told United States embassy officials that the United States rhetoric that “Mugabe must go” was empty and counterproductive.
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The government was more receptive to criticism from the business sector than from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change because the business sector was seen as apolitical, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell said.
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The United States viewed the bi-annual summit of the African Union of January 2009 as an opportunity to advance its interests or see them take significant steps backwards.
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Central bank governor Gideon Gono told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that President Robert Mugabe was amenable when approached in a proper manner.
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Acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa was unwilling to help Zimbabweans confront uncomfortable facts leaving everything to central bank governor Gideon Gono.
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Central Bank governor Gideon Gono who former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan said “betrayed a keen sense of self-importance”, laughed out loud at the latest maize forecasts by Agriculture Minister Joseph made.
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Zimbabwe’s new Finance Minister Christopher Kuruneri was more outspoken than his predecessor Herbert Murerwa according to United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan but he was overshadowed by the flamboyant central bank governor Gideon Gono.
(59 VIEWS)
British High Commissioner to Botswana Frank Martin told United States embassy officials that he believed that the Friends of Zimbabwe meeting which was planned by the Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai had been put on hold because it would signal that the MDC had totally abandoned the Global Political Agreement.
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