Mujuru divides Tsvangirai's MDC-T

TALK of a possible coalition between main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has divided the MDC-T's top leadership with some senior officials yesterday denouncing her as a "politically troubled soul".

Addressing an MDC-T feedback rally in Harare yesterday, national youth leader Happymore Chidziva and former Energy minister Ellias Mudzuri described the so-called coalition talks with Mujuru as "a great betrayal of those who died for the democratic struggle".

This comes shortly after Tsvangirai confirmed that his party was involved in coalition talks with Mujuru to challenge President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF in the 2018 elections as one umbrella.

But Chidziva scoffed at talk of a possible coalition.

"As the youth, we are very clear, the MDC-T and Tsvangirai have capacity to take power from Zanu-PF alone. We will not support the so-called coalition because we do not need it," Chidziva said.

"It will be a betrayal of those who died for the democratic struggle if we are to be seen to work together with people who presided over the abuse and killings of our people in Mashonaland Central. It is not going to happen under our watch."

Speaking at the same event, Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa said Mujuru "cannot expect to come straight into the driving seat".

"If she wants to join opposition politics then it is fine, but she cannot expect to come straight into the driving seat. It is not going to happen. There is a good reason why the MDC-T is still in opposition. It is because we are being refined for governance," he said.

Giving a clearest hint that the coalition was nothing, but a red herring that faces a stillbirth, Chamisa added: "Mujuru is a troubled soul, she has to work and earn her stripes. Mujuru can join the lower ranks and learn from those who have been at the game of opposing Zanu PF for longer."