There have been reports that MDC-N was talking to its counterpart in order to form a loose colloboration. In a statement today MDC spokesperson Nhlanhla Dube said there was no possibility of the two parties uniting.
MDC-N, the smaller of the two, was formed after the 2005 breakaway following sharp disagreements over the re-introduction of the Senate that had been abolished in 1987.
Tsvangirai and Ncube have recently been involved in public spates.
“We wish to state unequivocally and with finality that the MDC is not engaged with MDC -T in any talks to do with a coalition, pact or unification now or in the near future and no amount of lies, coercion or fabrication of the truth will make that happen,” he said.
“Our determination to succeed on the basis of principle, truth and non-prostitution of our cardinal values of democratic change where the masses are free to choose from a multiple of political parties their own leader remains unflinching and undeterred. This for us is the very cornerstone of democracy,” he said.
Dube vowed that his party would crisscross the country to sell the party ideology to the people.
“We stand guided by the resolutions made at our last elective party congress that we will not we will visit every village, homestead, growth point, farm, town, climb every mountain and cross every river to explain our policies to Zimbabweans and seek their vote and mandate,” he said.
“We have grown from being part of a political party to being the political party. We are emboldened by the reality that since the last elections, we have grown bigger and better and meaner,” Dube said.
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