They are in a fool’s paradise and reality will very soon dawn upon them that the MDC is here to stay and that in any free and fair election the party led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will emerge victorious. Unlike Zanu (PF), the MDC’s vibrancy does not revolve around personality cults. The MDC is a people’s project that is owned and managed by the people. While the ordinary Zimbabwean would go out of her/his way to be seen to be associated with the MDC, Zanu(PF) is driven by terror and intimidation. The MDC brand is so popular that people find it necessary to travel long distances, at their own cost, to attend meetings.
The fundamental distinction between the two parties is that the MDC is about the people and it revolves around the people and Zanu (PF) is about the rulers and it revolves around the rulers.
The MDC has got one centre of power and that centre of power is solidly domiciled in the office of its President, Morgan Tsvangirai. Some latter-day Zanu (PF) apologists have gone into overdrive predicting the ”collapse” of the MDC. They have created artificial and non-existent power struggles within the MDC, somehow wishing that their own problems of factionalism and indiscipline will be translocated from their permanent domicile in Zanu (PF) to the people’s project.
The leadership of the MDC is composed of men and women of honour and integrity. They all appreciate that the party is more important than their individual egos combined. The nation can rest be assured that the MDC leadership will never allow party to collapse. Genuine MDC cadres respect their leadership. We are not forced to respect our leaders. We respect them because they have earned and they deserve our respect. This is why it is virtually impossible for the MDC to produce a dictatorship. The partys constitution is intelligently drafted in that all party office bearers are empowered to play a crucial check and balance role in matters to do with the party.
Put simply, the MDC has never been, is not and will never be a one-man band; unlike Zanu (PF) where the voice of the emperor is supreme. This is the primary reason why the MDC membership by party card is around 1,6 million people whilst Zanu (PF) hardly has 250 000 card-carrying members Differences of opinion and strategy can never be equated to factionalism. The MDC is Zimbabwe’s largest and most popular political party and it is simply ridiculous for anyone to think that in such a gigantic and mass party, there should be no differences of opinion and strategy. The Zanu (PF) propaganda machinery located at Zimpapers and the ZBC can huff and puff. They can doctor their news bulletins and editorials desperately and paint a picture of a resurgent Zanu and a collapsing MDC. That battle was won by the MDC a long time ago. And because of this reality, Zanu (PF) is running scared.
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