Don't return to Zimbabwe to vote, Khupe pleads with diaspora community

MDC-T vice President Thokozani Khupe has begged the diaspora community not to return to the country to vote in 2018 watershed elections.

Khupe was speaking in the United Kingdom on Saturday.

She said the environment is not conducive at the moment but urged MDC-T members to instruct their relatives to vote for MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.

"We must prepare for the morning after, people must see that we are a government in waiting.

"A government in waiting prepares.

"We are very clear, we know where we are going and know what we want and that winning 2018 elections.

"After winning the 2018 elections we want to turn around the economy.

"But let me tell you something guys, don't you ever think about coming back home now, things are not ok. I dont want to lie to you. We have 13 million people suffering in Zimbabwe right now.

"Time will come for you to come back home but for now i don't want to lie to you.." she said amid applause.

However, she applauded  the diaspora community for keeping the Zimbabwe economy ticking through their remittances.

"I appreciate that and i want to thank you..."

"We want your skills back when things change".

Opposition parties have in the past been urging the diaspora community to return and vote.