Harare, July 24, SPA -- Zimbabwe's five-month old power-sharing government Friday launched a campaign for reconciliation among political foes after nearly a decade of political violence, with a demand from PrimeMinister Morgan Tsvangirai for perpetrators to be brought to justice, reported the dpa. At the start of a three-day period meant to be dedicated tohealing, reconciliation and integration, he said the campaign "mustherald the beginning of a genuine, open and frank process thatincludes ... the concept of justice, truth and acceptingresponsibility for the hurt and pain inflicted upon so manyZimbabweans." He also called for open discussion of reparations for victims ofviolence. His demands drew no response from his partner in the coalitiongovernment, President Robert Mugabe, internationally condemned as thearchitect of mass-persecutions against his opponents sinceindependence in 1980, although the 85-year-old said that he wouldcertainly do hard work "to commit members of our party" ZANU(PF) toobservation of the principle of non-violence. Tsvangirai and Mugabe were brought into negotiations byneighbouring South Africa, following a bloody campaign ofintimidation ahead of a second round of presidential elections inJune last year in which 200 supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement forDemocratic Change (MDC) were killed and thousands tortured and madehomeless. The two leaders signed an agreement in September to set up agovernment of national unity, which was inaugurated in February thisyear.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/687231