Mnangagwa is worse than Mugabe, says Biti

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says African diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe are eager to see Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeed President Robert Mugabe.

Biti, who is also MDC Renewal Team secretary-general, told an Africa Day meeting in Bulawayo on Monday that some diplomats had confided in him that they preferred Mnangagwa because they believed he had the capacity to turn the economy around.

However, Biti said he had advised the envoys that Mnangagwa could be worse than Mugabe.

"I was talking to diplomats in Harare who said Mugabe must go and it would be good for Mnangagwa to take over the presidency. They said he is better than Mugabe," he said.

"I told them that Mnangagwa is worse than Mugabe. I tell you it would be worse when Mnangagwa becomes President of this country."