NEWSFLASH:Mugabe opens parly, as MDC-T boycotts

President Robert Mugabe says his administration will complete the job of aligning laws to the new constitution and take steps to improve food production to avert hunger.

Officially opening Zimbabwe’s first session of the eighth Parliament Tuesday morning, Mugabe said the country was prepared to engage hostile Western countries.

Legislators from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai boycotted the event.

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