The people’s President leaves the province informed and enriched after his two-day engagement with opinion leaders from Mudzi, Mutoko, Murehwa, Wedza, Goromonzi, Chivhu and Marondera.
Traditional leaders, chiefs, headmen and other opinion leaders opened up to him about the fear being instilled in them by Zanu PF ahead of the next election. However, they all said they are geared to ensure that come 2018, they will elect a new government to address the debilitating grievances affecting the nation.
The Mash East provincial assembly was held in a carnival atmosphere after several former party stalwarts who had joined other political formations announced that they had come home for good.
From Mashonaland East, President Tsvangirai leaves for another three days in Mashonaland Central, where he kicks off his programme tomorrow in Mount Darwin.
It continues to be an enriching experience, sitting down with community leaders under the tree and in huts to discuss the national crisis and together sculpt a new governance culture post-Mugabe in 2018.
So tomorrow, it’s Mashonaland Central.
Luke Tamborinyoka
Presidential Spokesperson and Director of Communications
What is Tsvangirai doing to address this serious problem of fear? To continue to contest elections in which millions are denied their right to vote one way or the other is sheer folly.
SADC leaders warned MDC not to take part in the 2013 elections without reforms. Senator David Coltart has too confirm the folly of contesting the elections knowing the whole process is rigged.
Is MDC waiting for someone from Europe or North America to tell them the elections are flawed and they should not contest? When President Mugabe said Tsvangirai was a puppet many believed it; the man is devoid of any common sense and originality. We have to wait for the puppeteers to tell the puppet to stop contesting the flaw elections – assuming this is not one of those a discarded puppet thrown away in disgust!
Many of MDC’s donors deserted the party in drove after the party failed to implement even one reform in five years of the GNU.