Tsvangirai ordered to apologise

EMBATTLED MDC-T has been ordered to apologize for presiding over a "sham" Manicaland elections last weekend.

The provincial executive led by Shuah Mudiwa which walked out on Tsvangirai claiming massive rigging of the polls has ordered their leader to immediately nullify the elections vowing to remain in office if he doesn't do so.

They urged Tsvangirai to swallow his pride and publicly apologize to disgruntled party members to prove that he was a real democrat.

The controversial elections ushered in a new executive led by David Chimhini.

Hundreds of MDC-T supporters on Saturday gathered in Mutare where they registered their displeasure over Tsvangirai's conduct.

The meeting was addressed by senators Keresenzia Chabuka, Patrick Chitaka and Musikavanhu MP Prosper Mutseyami and several councillors in Mutare who, however, vowed to remain MDC-T members.

Through their spokesperson Godfrey Mubatsa, the disgruntled supporters said there was no democracy in the manner in which last week's process was handled.

"We believe there was no democracy in the process. The rules of the game as provided for in the template were not followed," Mubatsa said.

Party members said they were hurt when Tsvangirai declined to listen to their grievances and instead ordered them to join other opposition parties.