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'Tsvangirai had a secret deal with Mnangagwa'
29 Nov 2018 at 08:17hrs | Views
The veteran Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had a secret deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa which was going to see a power sharing deal being arranged, Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has revealed.
"It was a forward looking agreement, but it appears that the MDC leader was interred with his vision that he had for this country.
"His youthful successor (Chamisa) did not realise that there were certain things that had been struck by the two leaders, which would have carried this nation forward, and forward in amity.
"What you are looking at is …Chamisa did not realise that there was prior dialogue to the structure which he has no assumed leadership of, a dialogue that went ahead of the party, a dialogue that was national in outlook.
"He (Chamisa) jettisoned it. He fouled it. But I would still say better late than never, now that I am seeing he is coming round," Charamba added.
Charamba explained that the government still has goodwill to have an arrangement with MDC but the condition is accepting Mnangagwa as legitimate President.
"But a key pre-condition is that there must be a recognition of ED as the winner of the 2018 elections … there are no two ways about that," Charamba said emphatically.
On Thursday Chamisa made a public invitation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sit down with him for talks and they find a last solution to the problems happening in the country. He said he is open to a transitional authority that can see both of them sharing power.
"It was a forward looking agreement, but it appears that the MDC leader was interred with his vision that he had for this country.
"His youthful successor (Chamisa) did not realise that there were certain things that had been struck by the two leaders, which would have carried this nation forward, and forward in amity.
"What you are looking at is …Chamisa did not realise that there was prior dialogue to the structure which he has no assumed leadership of, a dialogue that went ahead of the party, a dialogue that was national in outlook.
"He (Chamisa) jettisoned it. He fouled it. But I would still say better late than never, now that I am seeing he is coming round," Charamba added.
Charamba explained that the government still has goodwill to have an arrangement with MDC but the condition is accepting Mnangagwa as legitimate President.
"But a key pre-condition is that there must be a recognition of ED as the winner of the 2018 elections … there are no two ways about that," Charamba said emphatically.
On Thursday Chamisa made a public invitation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sit down with him for talks and they find a last solution to the problems happening in the country. He said he is open to a transitional authority that can see both of them sharing power.
Source - Byo24News
