MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe has declared party
leader Morgan Tsvangirai will romp to victory in the 2018 watershed general
election, a day after the two kissed and made up following disagreements over
the formation of the MDC Alliance.
Speaking during an impromptu tour of biometric voter
registration (BVR) centres in Chitungwiza, Khupe said the dire economic crisis
in the country could only be resolved by the MDC-T.
“I have no doubt that president Tsvangirai will be the
President of Zimbabwe in 2018 with yours truly assisting him. The high levels
of unemployment and the plunder of resources by Zanu PF calls on the people of
Zimbabwe to take charge of their lives, register to vote and change the
government,” she said.
Khupe, who is leading the party’s voter registration mobilisation
campaign, was mobbed by students, vendors and the general public as she walked
about in Zengeza talking to potential voters on a one-on-one meet the people
tour.
She insisted that Tsvangirai, who has been in and out of
hospital battling cancer of the colon, was ready to take over the running of
the country.
During her tour, Khupe avoided any mention of the MDC
Alliance, clearly stating that Tsvangirai was the MDC-T 2018 presidential
candidate, sending a clear signal that she was yet to endorse the alliance and
was pushing for her party to go it alone in the 2018 general elections.
After missing from public meetings and addressing MDC-T
gatherings for nearly a month, Khupe was a hit in Chitungwiza as she was mobbed
by party supporters.
She will be taking the voter registration campaign to
Matabeleland South over the weekend and will also be in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe,
where she will front the campaign.
“President Tsvangirai has asked me to lead this
mobilisation of voter registration so that when the time for elections comes
they will be able to chart a new direction for their future,” she said.
Khupe was accompanied by MDC-T organising secretary
Abednego Bhebhe. Newsday
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