Once you neglect or ignore the needs of your supporters, then you must know that you are doomed as a political party,’ said Mukonoweshuro. The secretary for International Affairs in the Tsvangirai led MDC, beat long standing Zanu-PF MP Shuvai Mahofa, who has been a ruling party legislator since 1985.
They’ve taken Zimbabweans for granted for a long time and I’m not surprised they have been rejected now. They left people to starve, they made people homeless and they made many more destitute. The inroads we made in strong Zanu-PF areas are an indicator that the country needs political change,’ he said.
Mukonoweshuro was critical of the international and regional community, especially the Southern African Development Community bloc, for its deafening’ silence on the current crisis brought on by Mugabe’s long delay to accept defeat.
All we hear is they are putting pressure on the regime to give out the results faster, but we are not seeing it on the ground. There should be a flurry of activity between the diplomatic community and the regime to see to it that Zimbabweans are not cheated once more,’ Mukonoweshuro added.
Meanwhile the European Union’s Slovenian presidency has called on Robert Mugabe to step down. If Mugabe continues it will be a coup d’etat. I hope he is on his way out, most Europeans think this way,’ Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel told journalists on Tuesday after addressing the European Parliament.
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