'Tsvangirai must remember its about the people not the leadership'

Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition director Mcdonald Lewanika took to Facebook to express his disillusionment with the way Tsvangirai was running the MDC-T.

"President Morgan Tsvangirai must remember it is about the people not the leadership," he posted on Saturday.

"In 2005, he defied a leadership vote on the Senate issue and survived because his action and sentiments, while unpopular, with the rest of the MDC leadership, resonated and was in sync with the people."

He cited the case of prominent MDC-T lawyer and MP elect for Dangamvura-Chikanga,
Arnold Tsunga, whom Tsvangirai tried to elbow out of the parliamentary race in favour of Giles Mutsekwa.

Tsunga went on to beat Mutsekwa during the July 31 elections.

Lewanika wrote: "It may well cost him (Tsvangirai) and the party the respect and support of many residents of Dangamvura-Chikanga. It will cost him and the party the support of those who thought he and the MDC-T were an alternative and whatever chances he had left of being a head of State in Zimbabwe and the MDC-T a governing party.

"For most of us, this is likely to be the straw that broke the camel's back," he added.

Tsvangirai has also come under fire for allegedly imposing mayors in Gweru, Harare and Chitungwiza.