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Tsvangirai a stumbling block towards democracy - PDP
03 Dec 2016 at 07:33hrs | Views
The Tendai Biti led People's Democratic Party (PDP) has accused MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai of being a stumbling block to the achievement of democracy in Zimbabwe following his snubbing of the coalition and transitional meeting facilitated by a foreign group held in South Africa.
The coalition talks among opposition parties ended in SA on Friday but Tsvangirai said he saw no reason of attending a meeting about Zimbabwe being facilitated by a foreign organisation. Trans-formative Initiative (ITI) invited Zimbabwe's opposition political parties in SA to facilitate talks aimed at choosing one opposition candidate to challenge President Robert Mugabe in the Presidential election. Tsvangirai in said there was strong sentimental for opposition parties to united but there was still need top build trust among opposition leaders.
A Facebook post posted by PDP official Fortune Mlalazi accuses Tsvangirai of being a hindrance to democracy progress being fostered by other parties.
"Tsvangirai hs become a major stambling block towards achieving democracy in Zimbabwe. He should be the one calling for coalition," reads a post.
Tsvangirai said "Have we failed as Zimbabweans to sit down and talk among ourselves? Do we need outsiders to organise ourselves? I didn't see it necessary to go to that meeting. Is it a crime? (But) that doesn't underplay the issue of coalition. You don't leave a party and go on the side and say come let's join, yet you left the party and then say now let's have coalition talks. Why did you leave in the first place?"
The coalition talks among opposition parties ended in SA on Friday but Tsvangirai said he saw no reason of attending a meeting about Zimbabwe being facilitated by a foreign organisation. Trans-formative Initiative (ITI) invited Zimbabwe's opposition political parties in SA to facilitate talks aimed at choosing one opposition candidate to challenge President Robert Mugabe in the Presidential election. Tsvangirai in said there was strong sentimental for opposition parties to united but there was still need top build trust among opposition leaders.
"Tsvangirai hs become a major stambling block towards achieving democracy in Zimbabwe. He should be the one calling for coalition," reads a post.
Tsvangirai said "Have we failed as Zimbabweans to sit down and talk among ourselves? Do we need outsiders to organise ourselves? I didn't see it necessary to go to that meeting. Is it a crime? (But) that doesn't underplay the issue of coalition. You don't leave a party and go on the side and say come let's join, yet you left the party and then say now let's have coalition talks. Why did you leave in the first place?"
Source - Byo24News
