By Nelson Banya
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF and Movement forDemocratic Change (MDC) have again failed to break a deadlockover forming a cabinet after reaching a power-sharing deal, anMDC spokesman said on Friday.
"After the meeting of the negotiators last night, there hasbeen no shift and the deadlock has not been broken. What wewant is genuine power-sharing, not a false marriage," said MDCspokesman Nelson Chamisa.
"The issue is about ZANU-PF not appreciating that this isnot an exclusive ZANU-PF government. They want all theministries and we obviously can't countenance that."
President Robert Mugabe signed the agreement with MDCleader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday, relinquishing some powersfor the first time in nearly three decades of rule underpressure from regional leaders and a growing economic crisis.
They met on Thursday to try to sort out who gets whichposts in the cabinet.
The deal with Tsvangirai and the head of a breakawayopposition faction followed weeks of tense negotiations to enda political crisis compounded by the veteran leader's disputedand unopposed re-election in a widely condemned vote in June.
Under the agreement, Tsvangirai, who heads the largest ofthe two MDC factions, will become prime minister and chair acouncil of ministers supervising the cabinet.
Tsvangirai's party is expected to get 13 cabinet posts,with Arthur Mutambara's breakaway faction likely to control anadditional three ministries.
Mugabe's ZANU-PF, which lost control of parliament in theMarch election for the first time in 28 years, is likely tohave 15 ministers in the cabinet.
But the 84-year-old Zimbabwean ruler, who has governedsince independence from Britain in 1980, will retain thepresidency and head the cabinet as well as keep control of thepowerful army. The police are expected to fall under theopposition.
Zimbabweans hope the agreement, brokered by South AfricanPresident Thabo Mbeki, will be a first step in helping torescue the once prosperous nation from economic collapse.
(Reporting by Nelson Banya; Writing by Michael Georgy)
