'I don't hate Tsvangirai' - Ncube

MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube has again disclosed that he does not harbour any personal hatred towards rival Morgan Tsvangirai.

Ncube said he worked with Tsvangirai for several years and differences only emerged on professional grounds.

He told Bulawayo Press Club members on Thursday that it is not true that he refuses to work with Tsvabgirai.


Members of Bulawayo Press Club

Below is his statement made on Thursday:

Contrary to the popular sentiments, I worked with Morgan for many many years.

That was from the time I was one of the people at the Law School (UZ) involved in training of ZCTU cadres, with Kempton Makamure, Shadreck Guto, Ben Hlatshwayo and many more

I worked with him again when he was chairperson of NCA and when I was secretary general of the united MDC for the first five years.

So we need to understand that we have never heard any personal problems.

The differences that emerged over time has always been political starting with the extent to which we will recognise the political structures of the party as opposed to un-elected advisors whom we called the kitchen cabinet.

Let me disabuse people of the notion that I had refused to work with Morgan in the past and in the future.

That has never been the issue. The issue and has always been, can we be consistently loyal to the values and principles which we say we share whether its democratic tenants or respecting democratic party processes and decisions of elected structures.

Whether it is the refrain, never to resort to violence as an instrument of politics etc.