United opposition on the cards?

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Churches which convened the Save Zimbabwe Convention to discuss the socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe will leave it up to opposition parties and civic organisations to map out strategies on how to push for democratic change in Zimbabwe.
Coordinator of the Convention, Reverend Densen Mafinyane, said church organisations only served as facilitators of the meeting.
“We leave the decisions to unite to the different players. It is for them to decided whether to form a united political party,” said Mafinyane, who is the secretary general of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC).
The meeting pressed the panic buttons in the ruling party, who appear scared of latent potential in the broad alliance. But party secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa this week scoffed at the possible merger as posing a threat to Zanu (PF).
“I do not believe that the opposition is serious about wanting to govern, or about setting up a government of Zimbabwe,” Mutasa told a government daily newspaper. He repeated the party mantra that gives his party exclusive right to govern on account of its liberation war credentials.
“They themselves know that they have done absolutely nothing for Zimbabwe, to bring Zimbabwe where it is. No one within the opposition was involved in the liberation struggle, there are some who claim to have been involved, but well, what can you do about such people?” Mutasa scoffed at the possibility of an opposition coalition.
Senior members of both factions have denied efforts at uniting the two constituents of the erstwhile formidable opposition that posed the stiffest challenge to President Mugabe’s 26-year unbroken rule.
Jameson Timba who had been shuttling back and forth between Mutambara and Tsvangirai described the denials as mere posturing.
“There are some people who fear for their positions in the event of a reunification of the MDC. But that does not mean efforts at unity are not underway. Perhaps it is just fear of the outcome,” he said.
The proposed opposition party alliance agreed to use such methods as democratic confrontation and mass resistance “to create a situation where government is compelled to talk to its people to resolve the crisis.”
It will also adopt methods such as boycotts on issues and goods that are untenable and the collapse of the economy defy unjust laws and procedures, hold prayers and marches as part of its options, among other pressures.- CAJ News