She replaces the MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett  who had withdrawn...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     By the year's end  MDC heavyweights Elias Mudzuri  exiled Treasurer Roy Bennett and former ministers Elton Mangoma and Tendai Biti were suggesting that it was time to give a new leader a crack at the job...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     This conveniently overlooks the fact that ZANU-PF blocked the appointment of Roy Bennett  the MDC-Tsvangirai nominee  as deputy minister of agriculture...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     MDC-Tsvangirai has quickly recovered from the post-election depression which saw the resignation of Treasurer Roy Bennett to form a new group...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The acquittal of Roy Bennett  Deputy Minister-designate of Agriculture and Treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)  on 10 May gave President Robert Mugabe the chance to show his commitment to power-sharing...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Meanwhile  south of Chiadzwa  there are reports that the Development Trust of Zimbabwe-Ozego is recovering diamonds with army protection on the Charleswood Estate  formerly the property of Roy Bennett...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The state media is accusing white parliamentarian Roy Bennett (MDC Treasurer) and Eddie Cross (Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai) of defending the interests of their 'Western paymasters'...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Even if the Movement for Democratic Change parliamentarian  Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Roy Bennett  is confirmed as Made’s deputy (and the political violence charges against him are dropped)  it will be too late to improve matters this season...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	         The big unresolved issues are the appointment of provincial governors  the role of two Mugabe-allies  Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono and Attorney General Johannes Tomana  and Mugabe’s refusal to swear in the MDC’s Roy Bennett as Deputy Agriculture Minister because he faces criminal charges...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The pretext for walking out was the indictment of the MDC's Treasurer  Deputy Agriculture Minister Roy Bennett  on terrorism charges (after a string of vexatious cases against other MDC members of parliament)...