MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe has warned that
opposition supporters were prepared to spill their own blood in defence of next
year’s election results, adding they would not allow President Robert Mugabe to
govern through a stolen mandate.
Addressing hundreds of potential registrants in Mabvuku,
Harare, Khupe, who is leading the opposition party’s voter registration
mobilisation campaign, said Zanu PF would regret if they tried to steal next
year’s general elections.
“Some people are saying they will not vote because the
election will be rigged by Zanu PF. Rest assured, this time around, we are not
going to allow that to happen. We will vote and thereafter defend our vote by
whatever means necessary. We are going to fight with the last drop of our
blood, the last drop of our sweat and the last drop of our tears, because we
cannot let this suffering continue,” an animated Khupe said to wild cheers from
MDC-T supporters.
Khupe warned that MDC-T would not allow the scenario which
played out in 2008 to repeat itself, saying her party leader Morgan Tsvangirai,
despite being in and out of hospital, would win the presidential race.
The voter registration exercise has been marred by apathy,
mostly in urban areas.
Khupe also said Tsvangirai would soon be back in the
driving seat to lead the country into economic prosperity, mocking the Zanu PF
false promises to create 2,2 million jobs.
“State House belongs to a person who can change your lives,
who can ensure that proper jobs are created for your children and yourselves so
that you can have a sense of self-esteem and dignity and that person is
president Morgan Tsvangirai . . . This time around, we are bringing change and
we won’t fail,” she said.
Khupe was accompanied by the party’s proportional
representation MP Lwazi Sibanda, who was issuing out commissioned affidavits to
registrants. Newsday
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