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Tsvangirai spurred by the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe
14 Jul 2016 at 16:15hrs | Views
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will today chair meetings of the MDC's national executive and national council which will look into the country's deepening political and economic crises.
Tsvangirai's spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, told the Daily News yesterday that the former prime minister in the government of national unity and President Robert Mugabe's chief rival ahead of the eagerly anticipated 2018 national elections, had been spurred into action by the ever deteriorating situation in the country.
"President Tsvangirai is taking the current national situation very seriously, hence his convening the two important meetings of the top organs of the party," he said.
Tamborinyoka said the meetings would also look into the government's savage clampdown on protestors, which had culminated in the recent arrest of #Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi and prominent clergyman Evan Mawarire.
Tsvangirai and the MDC-T are expected to come up with resolutions on how they will respond to the prevailing anarchy.
"The clampdown on citizens for exercising their constitutional rights, the failure by the government to pay civil servants and the collapse of the economy are some of the issues set for discussion.
"The two organs of the party will determine our national response to the crisis, as we witness the end game," Tamborinyoka added.
Tsvangirai, who beat Mugabe in the hotly disputed 2008 presidential elections, controversially lost the 2013 vote to his nemesis - amid loud claims of vote rigging and other electoral malpractices.
Tsvangirai's spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, told the Daily News yesterday that the former prime minister in the government of national unity and President Robert Mugabe's chief rival ahead of the eagerly anticipated 2018 national elections, had been spurred into action by the ever deteriorating situation in the country.
"President Tsvangirai is taking the current national situation very seriously, hence his convening the two important meetings of the top organs of the party," he said.
Tamborinyoka said the meetings would also look into the government's savage clampdown on protestors, which had culminated in the recent arrest of #Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi and prominent clergyman Evan Mawarire.
"The clampdown on citizens for exercising their constitutional rights, the failure by the government to pay civil servants and the collapse of the economy are some of the issues set for discussion.
"The two organs of the party will determine our national response to the crisis, as we witness the end game," Tamborinyoka added.
Tsvangirai, who beat Mugabe in the hotly disputed 2008 presidential elections, controversially lost the 2013 vote to his nemesis - amid loud claims of vote rigging and other electoral malpractices.
Source - dailynews
