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Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the country needs billions of dollars to pull its economy back to the levels of a decade ago when it was at its peak.
Ish Mafundikwa | Harare 24 December 2009
Photo: AP
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti
Finance Minister Biti was addressing the media at the launch of a three-year economic blueprint1. He warned uncertainty2 over the future of the fragile unity3 government is hampering4 economic recovery.
Zimbabwe's economy has experienced negative growth during the past decade. But it is forecast to expand by more than four percent this year and grow by seven percent in 2010. The economy has stabilized5 since the national unity government came to power in February and the Zimbabwe dollar was replaced.
Minister Bitty said Zimbabwe must carry out a land audit6 following the sometimes-violent land-reform program carried out by President Robert Mugabe. The exercise saw white farmers being run off their farms for the resettlement of landless blacks.
Critics of the program say most of the land went to individuals close to the president. Some of the beneficiaries, they say, have helped themselves to more than one property. After the land reforms, the agriculture-based economy was decimated and Zimbabwe became dependent on international food aid. The new owners have no title deeds.
Meanwhile, President Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, the three leaders of the unity government met to discuss outstanding matters on the deal that brought the government together.
Afterward7, they addressed the media in what turned out to be an end-of year review of their partnership8 in government. Asked when the outstanding issues would be resolved, Mr. Mugabe said time frames could not be kept as negotiations9 are about give and take.
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PM Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and President Robert Mugabe (R) are pictured at Zimbabwe International Investment Conference in Harare, 09 Jul 2009
"Arguments that take place go beyond those time frames because they are arguments not just of ourselves they are argument even of the bodies that we represent and the bodies that we represent are prone10 to criticizing us much more than to accepting our decisions," he said.
The president said the unity government had fulfilled much more than what remains11 to be resolved. He added that negotiations should not get bogged12 down over the appointment of individuals such as Attorney General Johannes Tomana. Mr. Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change insists the appointments of Tomana and central-bank governor Gideon Gono were in breach13 of the unity government agreement.
Prime Minister Tsvangirai said the difficult negotiations happened before the government was formed and now it is about implementation14, which takes time.
"It is going to be frustrating15, but that is now about implementation, it is not about substance. The substance we have already concluded," he said.
Mr. Tsvangirai said the parties' negotiating teams should be given time to deal with the outstanding issues.
1 blueprint | |
n.蓝图,设计图,计划;vt.制成蓝图,计划 | |
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n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的现在分词 ) | |
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v.审计;查帐;核对;旁听 | |
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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n.合作关系,伙伴关系 | |
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协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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10 prone | |
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的 | |
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11 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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adj.陷于泥沼的v.(使)陷入泥沼, (使)陷入困境( bog的过去式和过去分词 );妨碍,阻碍 | |
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n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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14 implementation | |
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adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧 | |
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