Tsvangirai urges unity

BY WILSON BUTETE
HARARE - Morgan Tsvangirai has urged Zimbabweans to re-organize against the leadership of their ageing dictator and Zanu (PF) if they are ever to enjoy freedom.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader said Mugabe and his party "are the authors of the crisis" in Zimbabw

e today.
“Let’s not forget that when we sleep without eating anything, when we are not employed, it’s all because of the failure of Mugabe and his government,” said Tsvangirai
The MDC chief told about 10 000 people on Sunday who gathered at the ceremonial home of people power, the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfields, to commemorate his party’s seventh anniversary that some top officials who broke-away from the main rump of the MDC were not the real enemies of the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe.
“We are now a year away from the so-called split of the MDC, let us forget about that. Welshman Ncube and Gibson Sibanda are not enemies of the MDC; they are just misguided; the real enemies are Mugabe and Zanu (PF) and we should not forget that. Zvakanakawo chaizvo kuti munhu anouya oti ndakatadza vanhu vanokuregera sezvakaita (Gift) Chimanikire akati ndakanga ndarasika. We are opening our hands to our colleagues who are misguided. They are pursuing a dead end, they are pursuing an unproductive agenda, they are pursuing a parochial agenda that does not take this country forward, let them come back, let us resuscitate, let us commit and re-convince ourselves as the vision of the MDC”, said Tsvangirai.
Added Tsvangirai: “Let the CIOs who are here to go and tell Mugabe that we have not said we want to remove you through violence, we are going to use the power of the people. No dictator will survive the popular resistance of the people.
“You don’t build a critical mass overnight, it is a process. We have to remove fear. The people themselves must be convinced that they are doing the right thing. Nyaya yekubvisa dictator ine makuva, ine kuenda kujere. Ndinogara ndichipopota kuti zvinhu zvaipa asi magadzirira here kupinda mumigwagwa? Zanu (PF) cannot be reformed; you have to pull its branches and roots from this society,” he said.
“We need to create conditions that guarantee free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. The Chikomba result of parliamentary by-election is clear evidence of electoral fraud. Where on earth would Zanu (PF) get those figures in Chikomba? I was there addressing the people and it is clear that the result does not reflect the will of the people there.”
Tsvangirai challenged leaders in the southern African leaders to take steps against Mugabe.
“We are saying to the regional leaders its time you took up your moral courage and confront this dictatorship, not only for our good but for your own good. Mukasarega mudhara uyu (Mugabe) achienda nemiyo muchatsvairwa naye”.
Tsvangirai dismissed allegations by Mugabe and his party that the MDC is a puppet of foreign powers saying his party stands for the suffering people of Zimbabwe.
“We are no puppet of anyone; we are not a puppet of the British and the Americans. We represent your interests”, said Tsvangirai amid a thunderous applause from the cheering crowd.

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