Posted on 03/07/2009 7:10:06 AM PST by NormsRevenge
HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pushed for an independent probe of the car crash that killed his wife and injured him, as an official said a US aid truck was involved.
Tsvangirai, a longtime rival of President Robert Mugabe who recently became prime minister in a unity government aimed at ending months of political turmoil, remained in stable condition in hospital after the crash on Friday.
"Police are making their own investigation, we are also making our own," said Finance Minister Tendai Biti, also the number two leader of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.
Biti charged that the crash could have been avoided had Tsvangirai been travelling with a police escort.
An MDC lawmaker, Eddie Cross, said "the party will insist on an independent investigation."
Tsvangirai and his wife Susan, 50, were travelling from Harare to Buhera, their rural hometown where the new prime minister was due to speak at a rally on Saturday. His wife died at the scene of the crash.
Police on Friday said Tsvangirai's car collided with a truck which crossed into the oncoming lane and side-swiped the prime minister's vehicle, causing it to roll several times.
More details of the truck emerged on Saturday, with a US embassy official in Harare saying it belonged to a US aid agency "partner" for AIDS drug delivery.
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The upturned vehicle Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai riding in with his wife during an accident in Featherstone, 80 kms from Harare, on March 6. Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pushed for an independent probe of the car crash that killed his wife and injured him, as an official said a US aid truck was involved. (AFP/Desmond Kwande)
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace arrive to visit Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in hospital in Harare March 6, 2009. Tsvangirai's wife was killed and he was injured on Friday when a truck slammed into their vehicle, officials in his MDC party said. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE)
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Mugabe is capable of anything and his henchmen could have set this up to kill Morgan Tsvangirai.
They’ve tried to get rid of Tsvangirai by arresting and beating him, but under pressure from other countries had to agree to a “unity government”
Its another sad day in a sad country.
Tsvangirai doesn’t have control of the army and shares control of police under this “deal.”
He is at a disadvantage.
This means the truck was under their governmental control. A targeted attempted assassination, no doubt.
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