We must have a response to victims of political violence. We should do something as a
party, even if it means begging from donors, as some of the victims have nowhere to start after the ravages. We have to help our cadres, Tsvangirai said amid applause.
He also dispelled claims that Zanu (PF) would now swallow the MDC as happened to the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomos Zapu party in the early 80s.
Some people think we are being swallowed by Zanu (PF). Nobody is going to swallow us. We are bigger than Zanu (PF). We have the majority in parliament, so who will swallow the other one here, the bigger fish or smaller one? Zanu (PF) will always remain alone, and we will always remain MDC, even if we are in a unity government, said Tsvangirai.
The MDC claims more than 100 of its supporters were killed in an orgy of violence after the initial March 29 elections.
Masvingo recorded some of the worst scenes of violence, with 20 supporters killed during the period, according to provincial spokesperson Wilstuff Sitemere.
Among the horrific murders were the deaths of three supporters in Zaka who were petrol-bombed while locked up in a district office at Jerera growth point. Four others who survived the attack suffered severe injuries from the burns.
Only last week, an MDC youth chairman in Gutu, Costa Saliwa (29), who was abducted by Zanu (PF) militia and tortured for three days last year and hospitalised for six months, died from injuries he sustained. Radio VOP