JOMIC OWNS TRIAL

For JOMIC to function smoothly, all outstanding issues to the Global Political Agreement and the SADC communiqué of January 2009 have to be implemented in order to give the country a fresh start,' Mangoma noted.Īmong the outstanding issues was a transparent land audit to identify multiple farm ownership, halted by fresh farm invasions the swearing-in of provincial governors, most of whom are MDC representatives, stalled by Mugabe since elections in 2008 media reforms and the furore over deputy minister of agriculture designate, Roy Bennett.īennett, a former white commercial farmer who lost his farm in 2003 during Mugabe's fast-track land reform programme, is currently on trial for weapons possession and intent to commit terrorism and banditry. 'We cannot change the mandate of the JOMIC without amending the GPA.

If everything was working according to plan, then the recent meeting in Maputo would not have taken place If everything was working according to plan, then the recent meeting in Maputo would not have taken place.' The secretariat now had 'reasonable' resources and could not be dismissed as 'toothless'. Mangoma said one of JOMIC's mandates was 'to serve as a catalyst in creating and promoting an atmosphere of mutual trust and understanding between the political parties, and to promote continuing dialogue. This, the most serious breakdown in the unity government so far, has been patched up after the SADC Troika on Defence, Security and Politics met in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, where all parties in the unity government were given a 30-day deadline to resolve outstanding issues. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, 'disengaged' from the unity government on 16 October in protest over President Robert Mugabe's alleged refusal to abide by the terms of the GPA.

JOMIC OWNS FULL

That therefore means it has limitations in terms of ensuring the full and proper implementation of the political agreement, and that forces everybody to work on consensus,' Elton Mangoma, economic planning minister and co-chair of JOMIC, told IRIN.

JOMIC has been plagued by funding shortages and 'does not have legal or statutory powers to enforce the implementation of the GPA. receive reports and complaints in respect of any issue related to the implementation, enforcement and execution of this agreement.' The Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) was constituted on 30 January 2009 by the SADC Facilitation Team to ensure that the signatories abided by the terms of Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA), signed on 15 September 2008.Īccording to article 22 of the GPA - which paved the way for the formation of the unity government in February 2009 - JOMIC would 'ensure full and proper implementation of the letter and spirit of this agreement. Intervention by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to resolve a dispute between Zimbabwe's unity government partners has highlighted the redundancy of an oversight body specifically established to smooth the road of political reconciliation.

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