MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that
his party was planning mass protests to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa and
his Zanu PF government out of power in the next two months as the dispute over
the July 30 elections escalates.
Chamisa told the party’s 19th anniversary celebrations at
Harare’s Gwanzura Stadium that he would soon embark on a countrywide tour to
mobilise his supporters to take to the streets.
“We are going to be organising ourselves internally, then
we go to programmes that we want to do throughout the country from next week,”
he said.
“I will be going to every area where I will be setting out
the plan, something big in this country — hold your cards on the intended march
to State House from this venue.
“When we do this we want to have a clear plan on what date
we start and to the day we end.
“We will not go back home until we achieve the intended
plan. We will show Mnangagwa the power that people have.”
Thousands of people thronged Gwanzura and cheered Chamisa
on as he launched a tirade against Mnangagwa.
He said the protests that would be modelled along the Arab
Spring that toppled dictators in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria would be peaceful.
Chamisa accused Mnangagwa of stealing the July 30 elections
and declared that he was not interested in joining a government of national
unity (GNU).
“Mnangagwa was saying Chamisa wants a GNU. I am not
interested in working with Mnangagwa in a GNU,” he said.
“Why would I want to work with a person who lost the
election?
“Mnangagwa must be leading the opposition in this country,
while I take the reins of power, which you handed to me, then the country moves
forward.
“I heard him say we must move forward, there is no moving
forward without looking at the reality of who won the election.
“We will continue to move around instead of moving
forward.”
Chamisa said Zanu PF leaders were contemptuous of the
people, hence their refusal to enter into dialogue over the political crisis.
“Mnangagwa does not listen, because he does not know the
power of the people, he disrespects the youth in your midst. If I instruct the
youth to confront Mnangagwa, this country will be ungovernable,” he said.
Chamisa appealed for unity in the party saying they needed
to protect the legacy of its late founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Standard
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