MDC leader, Welshman Ncube has insisted MDC-T leader,
Morgan Tsvangirai is the MDC Alliance presidential candidate despite battling
ill heath, adding discussion surrounding the latter’s health status is
unwarranted.
Addressing journalists in Bulawayo on Wednesday, Ncube, who
is the MDC Alliance spokesperson, said coalition partners were in agreement
Tsvangirai “remains the best foot forward”, adding: “We will campaign for him
without hesitation, without qualification and unconditionally.”
MDC-T Bulawayo South legislator, Eddie Cross sparked debate
recently after he urged Tsvangirai to quit active party politics because of ill
health. Cross said Tsvangirai was struggling with treatment and was possibly
unfit to stand in elections, but Ncube said the alliance had faith in the
former Prime Minister and trade union leader.
Cross said Tsvangirai’s family wanted the MDC-T leader to
stand down on health grounds amid reports of intense jockeying to take over the
presidency of the party ahead of the 2018 general elections.
“It is such a great pity that in our country we now lack
the decency of humanity, whether we are in politics or outside politics, as
people imbued in a conversation like that while someone is unwell. I just find
it astonishing,” Ncube said.
“We should not have a conversation like that at all. It’s
in bad taste, it’s unAfrican…this is not the right thing to do. As an alliance,
we remain very focused. That, historically in terms of support base, in terms
of experience, president Tsvangirai remains our best foot forward. There is no
doubt that we will campaign for him without hesitation, without qualification
and unconditionally and will not engage in such a debate.”
Tsvangirai was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016, and has
been undergoing chemotherapy in neighbouring South Africa.
Ncube insisted the MDC Alliance coalition partners were
extending energies towards campaigning for Tsvangirai and not debating his
health status. Newsday
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