Zanu PF claims that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party is afraid of meeting it in elections due to what it says to be waning MDC-T support.
The Zanu PF claims come despite the fact that both the party and its leader, President Robert Mugabe, were soundly beaten by the MDC and Tsvangirai in the last elections, held in March 2008 and had to resort to a biased security sector to cling on to power
MDC-T youth said recently that their party is eager to take on Mugabe and Zanu PF once all reforms are met.
Giyani Dube, provincial chair of the MDC-T Youth Assembly in South Africa, rubbished the Zanu PF claims a press conference recently held at the party’s Braamfontein offices.
Dube reiterated that his party was instead, confident of beating Mugabe and his party again in the next elections, whose earliest date can now be next year.
“We are not afraid of a dead horse that is Zanu PF,” said Dube during the press conference.
“However, our position has always been clear, that we will only participate when the political field is level and all parties can campaign freely without a hindrance from partisan security forces that favour one political party that is Zanu PF.”
Praising SADC leaders for endorsing the Organ Troika’s Livingstone resolutions, Dube called on the regional bloc to continue to create democratic space in Zimbabwe by forcing Mugabe and his party to respect the rule of law, repeal or amend repressive legislation and allow Zimbabweans to exercise their personal freedoms that have been suppressed during the past decade.
“We also want Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to be allowed to vote in their basis because they cannot be left out of this historic moment of their country’s fight for total democracy,” added Dube.
“We urge both the SADC and AU to ensure that the roadmap to elections includes this aspect and we would like to appeal to these bodies to facilitate a clear process that will allow all Zimbabweans to exercise their right to vote and be part of this great decision making process.”
The MDC youth leader also urged continental leaders to help heal the wounds of political violence that Zimbabweans have been subjected to since Mugabe became leader in 1980, adding that this has divided the nation.
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