‘National healing a GNU afterthought’

Panelists at an Independent Dialogue meeting in Bulawayo Wednesday accused coalition government partners of dragging their feet on implementing the national reconciliation programme because the programme was a side issue during the negotiations that led to the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in September 2008.

The Independent Dialogue is a series of public meetings organised by NewsDay’s sister weekly paper, The Independent, and invites opinion leaders to discuss topical issues and interact with others.

Human rights lawyer, Kucaca Phulu, said the GPA was all about sharing power and political parties concentrated more on it at the expense of other pertinent issues like healing and reconciliation.

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