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I just read through the Agreement and it sounds promising. Having studied the history of policy making in Zimbabwe, I am however curious as to how much gap there is going to be between the actual agreement and what is implemented. The agreement does address issues such as depoliticizing the National Youth Service, which has for long been abused to further ZANU PF’s agenda, mainly in the rural areas. The agreement also states that the Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai will be part of the national Security Council, of which Mugabe is the chair. It should be remembered that this is the very machinery that masterminded the intimidation of the Movement for Democratic Change in the run up to the election. I look forward to seeing how this is going to play out. My other bone of contention is the number of bodies in the executive branch; President Mugabe and two Vice Presidents, Prime Minister Tsvangirai and 2 Deputy Prime Ministers, making a grand total of 6 officers in the executive bran...