MDC-T youths will this week endorse Morgan Tsvangirai as
the their best foot forward and the party’s 2018 presidential candidate amid
growing calls for the former Premier to step down on health grounds.
Since the fall of former President Robert Mugabe, there has
been debate on the suitability of Tsvangirai to continue leading the main
opposition party that will face a renewed Zanu PF now led by President Emmerson
Mnangagwa.
In an interview yesterday, MDC-T youth leader Happymore
Chidziva said they would be meeting on Friday to endorse Tsvangirai.
“The assembly will be holding a national youth council
meeting on Friday to reaffirm our support to president Morgan Tsvangirai as our
presidential candidate,” Chidziva said.
“He is our best foot forward as he has a record of beating
Robert Mugabe in any election. The year 2018 will see us reclaiming our lost
victory from Zanu PF and the unpopular Emmerson Mnangagwa will fall.”
In 2008, Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in the first round, but
failed to garner the majority votes required by the Constitution for an
outright victory.
He, however, pulled out of the rerun citing violence, a
situation that later forced the parties to enter into an inclusive government.
On Tsvangirai’s prospects of winning against Mnangagwa,
Chidziva described the new Zanu PF leader as an easy opponent compared to
Mugabe.
“It’s on record that Mnangagwa was beaten by Blessing
Chebundo in Kwekwe and results are there. Morgan Tsvangirai was above them all
and went on to beat Mnangagwa’s former boss, hence, even now, he will be an
easy challenge,” Chidziva said. Newsday
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