MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday reneged on his
earlier pledge to attend all State functions, and chose to stay away from both
the Heroes’ Day and Defence Forces Day commemorations in the past two days,
saying he was “mourning” alleged theft of his election victory.
Earlier this year, Chamisa, who took over from Tsvangirai,
announced that they would be attending State functions, a complete shift of
policy from his predecessor, the now late Morgan Tsvangirai who accused Zanu PF
of conflating State events to Zanu PF functions.
Chamisa went on to attend the Independence Day celebrations
at the National Sports Stadium in April this year and also encouraged his
supporters countrywide to also attend national events. However, after the July
30 harmonised elections, Chamisa boycotted the Heroes’ Day and the Defence
Forces Day celebrations.
Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda said the current
situation, emanating from the disputed elections, had made them shelve their
policy for now.
“We are in the middle of a disputed election and, as such,
the things we can do are conditioned by that, our context. When conditions
allow, the president will maintain his decision. We are monitoring the
environment and it doesn’t allow for that,” he said Newsday
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