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MDC-T rubbishes Afrobarometer poll survey
26 Jun 2015 at 20:32hrs | Views
Zimbabweans are a fearful people who have been so traumatised by the ruling Zanu-PF party's dictatorship that they will not freely answer questions of political nature, a spokesperson for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) says.
MDC-T's Obert Gutu was reacting to a recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) which found that President Robert Mugabe would defeat Morgan Tsvangirai if elections were to be held in the country now.
According to the poll, which was commissioned by Afrobarometer, Mugabe would beat Tsvangirai by 44% of votes to 21% if polls were to be held "tomorrow".
But Gutu rubbished the findings, telling News24 that there was no way Mugabe could win an election against Tsvangirai.
"There is absolutely no way in which Robert Mugabe can beat Morgan Tsvangirai in a free and fair election. That is simply not feasible, it's not tenable," Gutu said.
Gutu said people still had "tremendous" faith in the MDC.
"You can easily gauge that faith by the resounding success of our "Without Reforms, No Elections" campaign," he said.
Critics, however, say support for the MDC has weakened since a coalition government was in power between 2009 and 2013.
Tsvangirai appears to have lost popularity due to perceived lack of action while he was prime minister and allegations of a messy love life ahead of his second marriage in 2012.
MDC-T's Obert Gutu was reacting to a recent poll conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) which found that President Robert Mugabe would defeat Morgan Tsvangirai if elections were to be held in the country now.
According to the poll, which was commissioned by Afrobarometer, Mugabe would beat Tsvangirai by 44% of votes to 21% if polls were to be held "tomorrow".
But Gutu rubbished the findings, telling News24 that there was no way Mugabe could win an election against Tsvangirai.
"There is absolutely no way in which Robert Mugabe can beat Morgan Tsvangirai in a free and fair election. That is simply not feasible, it's not tenable," Gutu said.
Gutu said people still had "tremendous" faith in the MDC.
"You can easily gauge that faith by the resounding success of our "Without Reforms, No Elections" campaign," he said.
Critics, however, say support for the MDC has weakened since a coalition government was in power between 2009 and 2013.
Tsvangirai appears to have lost popularity due to perceived lack of action while he was prime minister and allegations of a messy love life ahead of his second marriage in 2012.
Source - news24
