No political party in Zim can defeat MDC-T, Chamisa tells Britain

IN a free and fair election, no political party in Zimbabwe can defeat the Movement for Democratic Change led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, the party's national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa has said.

Speaking in a rally in Britain's second largest city Birmingham, Chamisa who is also a cabinet minister in the collation government between Zanu-PF and the two MDCs, said the talk that MDC-T was afraid of an early election was a figment of Zanu-PF's imagination. In contrast, the powerful speaking Chamisa said MDC-T would like to see SADC-recommended reforms instituted to avoid the last election drama in which election results were with-held by Zanu-PF for more than a month.

He said these reforms include a fresh voter registration process and most importantly: "We need to demilitarise villagers so that villagers can go and vote without fear of Zanu-PF militias".

"With such a clear conducive environment, I bet no political party can beat the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangarai. We have a very credible leader who has been fearless and consistent. At the moment ZBC is playing Zanu-PF jingles after jingles, but we are saying this is our time and our time is to govern differently and democratically," he said.

"Many people have been asking whether we have been effective in the coalition government, my answer is yes. We have emerged stronger and sharper and as such we now have sharpened tactics," he said.

We are clear, we want a new constitution in Zimbabwe. We do have an exit strategy," he said.

"We are fighting to have a diaspora vote because the diaspora has been very instrumentally in the struggle and I urge exiled Zimbabweans to tell our story to the international community as it," he said.

Chamisa said the MDC leader was positive that the end is "nigh" and "we are standing the threshold of proper liberation of all Zimbabweans.

He said exiled Zimbabweans were genuinely victims of Zanu-PF's gross human rights violations in Zimbabwe, hence should not be marginalised in terms of the political process.

He told more than 100 MDC-UK supporters that: "You are here in Britain not because of your liking, but because of circumstances. I am therefore here to tell you that we are in the deepest hour and the deepest hour is always before dawn".

"To know the truth about the changing political situation in Zimbabwe you need to ask Jonathan Moyo. He is panicking because he knows things have changed no one wants Zanu-PF and everyone want Morgan Tsvangirai to be the next President of the Republic of Zimbabwe," he said.