MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to step up
pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the new year, saying it was time to
set Zimbabwe on the path to reform.
Chamisa told The Standard in an interview yesterday that
Zimbabwe was being held back by questions of legitimacy around Mnangagwa’s
presidency.
“We have to put a full stop to tyranny, dictatorship and be
on the path to reform, nation building and peace building. It will be a
turnaround year,” he said.
“It is a take-off year, remedying the ailment affecting our
country. “It is also the year to revitalise and rejuvenate the organisation
through organisational renewal and deepening of our internal democratic
processes with the intention of giving effect to the party’s new direction.”
Chamisa, who narrowly lost the July 30 elections, has
refused to recognise Mnangagwa despite a Constitutional Court ruling that said
the Zanu PF leader won the polls.
The youthful politician insisted that he was not power
hungry and challenging the president’s election victory was not for his
personal glory.
“We are not driven by love of power, but the love of our
country, love of peace, our people, resources, and the love for each other,” he
added.
“Power is meaningless if it is not serving its countrymen.” The MDC Alliance leader said his Zanu PF rival needed to
understand that dialogue between the country’s two main political parties was
the only way out of the economic and political crisis stalking the country.
“He does not understand that there is nothing that can beat
dialogue — this is what separates humans from other animals,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chamisa also rejected findings by the Motlanthe
Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 army killings, which suggested that the
MDC Alliance was behind the violent protests.
“The Motlanthe findings were not backed by any fact. You
don’t say an organisation has organised protests when it has structures and you
don’t cite any reason why the decision was made,” he said.
“Who in the MDC and how did they organise the protests and
with what intention?
“It is hard to understand the warped reasoning behind the
report. It has no factual basis.”
The commission, appointed by Mnangagwa, said the army and
police were responsible for the deaths of the six people and the injury of
scores that were shot by the soldiers. Standard
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