on Chamisa.
The roadmap includes the holding of an all-party conference and the introduction a new, democratic, constitution followed by internationally-supervised elections.
Tsvangirai will also give the MDC’s perspective on the recent Banjul meeting between Mugabe and UN secretary general Klofi Annan and the Benjamin Mkapa mediation effort.
The MDC leadership believes it is important to ensure that regional leaders understand the reality of the situation in Zimbabwe and are persuaded to provided the necessary solidarity to effect meaningful change.
Following his visit to Botswana, Tsvangirai and the party leadership will address rallies in the Midlands – at Nkayi on Saturday and Kwe Kwe on Sunday.
Chamisa dismissed the possibility of the police banning these rallies as they did the ones scheduled two weeks ago. The legislation was very clear, he said. A political party was only required to notify the police of such gatherings and was not compelled to seek permission. The previous rallies had been prevented by “mischievous elements within the police” for various spurious reasons.
“They can’t even interpret their own draconian laws. It’s outrageous,” said Chamisa.
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The visit is part of the diplomatic offensive to articulate the MDC’s position to regional and world leaders.
“The delegation will brief the SADC chairman on the nature and scope of the crisis in Zimbabwe and MDC’s roadmap for the way forward,” said party spokesman Nels