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Tsvangirai loses hope following election defeat
05 Aug 2013 at 09:21hrs | Views
Morgan Tsvangirai, striving to overturn his defeat in Zimbabwe's presidential election, has given his biggest hint yet that a popular uprising is the only option left for resisting the regime of President Robert Mugabe.
"Revolutions are not called by leaders," Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) told South Africa's eNews Channel Africa.
"Revolutions are something that is inside, and if you've got something inside and it drives you to do something, then nothing can stop you.
"In this case, there's no strategy for the leadership of the MDC. We've told people, there's been a subversion in 2002, there's been a subversion in 2008, there's a subversion now.
"The power is in your hands. It cannot be a revolution by the leadership."
Other officials floated the idea of a mass prayer meeting. But Harare, the capital, was calm on Sunday with many residents going to church as usual.
Zanu-PF party won three-quarters of the seats in parliament, leaving the MDC at one of the lowest ebbs in its 14-year history.
Party members have complained about the printing of surplus ballot papers, irregularities in the voters' roll, traditional leaders "frogmarching" villagers to the polls, people feigning illiteracy to be "assisted", voters being bussed to faraway constituencies, and the malign influence of the military.
"Revolutions are not called by leaders," Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) told South Africa's eNews Channel Africa.
"Revolutions are something that is inside, and if you've got something inside and it drives you to do something, then nothing can stop you.
"In this case, there's no strategy for the leadership of the MDC. We've told people, there's been a subversion in 2002, there's been a subversion in 2008, there's a subversion now.
"The power is in your hands. It cannot be a revolution by the leadership."
Other officials floated the idea of a mass prayer meeting. But Harare, the capital, was calm on Sunday with many residents going to church as usual.
Zanu-PF party won three-quarters of the seats in parliament, leaving the MDC at one of the lowest ebbs in its 14-year history.
Party members have complained about the printing of surplus ballot papers, irregularities in the voters' roll, traditional leaders "frogmarching" villagers to the polls, people feigning illiteracy to be "assisted", voters being bussed to faraway constituencies, and the malign influence of the military.
Source - UK Guardian
