MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa wants any dialogue with
President Emmerson Mnangagwa to yield a transitional authority that will
prepare for fresh elections, it has emerged.
Chamisa rejected Mnangagwa’s July 30, 2018 election
victory, claiming that the polls were rigged in favour of the Zanu PF leader.
The poll dispute has been blamed for Zimbabwe’s worsening
economic and political problems and pressure is mounting on the two leaders to
hold talks to resolve the crisis.
“For us, it’s not about power-sharing. It’s about the need
to create a life for the people. It’s about how do we bring an end to the
suffering of the people,” MDC Alliance spokesperson Jacob Mafume said in an
interview.
“That is what can make the party happy. That is what will
make my president happy.[The process] has to lead to reforms politically and
economically.
“Dialogue should result in the adoption of a roadmap to
legitimacy following last year’s shameful elections.
“If there is agreement on the above, there must be an
implementation mechanism, which in the MDC’s view, is a national transitional
authority.”
However, Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi
yesterday said Chamisa must first acknowledge Mnangagwa’s election victory if
he wanted any dialogue.
“(Mnangagwa) is ready to talk to anyone who matters, but he
cannot talk to people who don’t recognise him as the president. “We have got to
agree to the fact that he was elected by the majority and was declared winner,”
he said.
“Anyone coming to him for dialogue must first acknowledge
that.
“We are seeing immaturity on the part of Nelson Chamisa,
political bankruptcy and a hive of regime change agents and that is stalling
progress. Talks or no talks, we are fine.”
Mnangagwa also shared similar sentiments when he addressed
some of the presidential election candidates that attended a meeting to draft a
framework for dialogue last week. Chamisa boycotted the meeting. Standard
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