Sibanda warns Tsvangirai

WAR veterans' leader Jabulani Sibanda has warned MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai to rethink his planned mass demonstrations against the government saying it was political suicide.

Tsvangirai and his supporters in civic society are calling on Zimbabweans to engage in mass action after his troubled party's congress next month.

Sibanda said Tsvangirai and his party had no sound policies to offer the country but were good at holding the nation to ransom through threats of disturbing peace.

"I don't understand why Tsvangirai thinks he can hold the country to ransom. He will be fiercely resisted by the people. If that is the thing he wants to do, the answer that he will get will be equal or more than what he is looking for. The whole thing will backfire," he said.

Sibanda said the problem was that Tsvangirai liked threatening the people of Zimbabwe adding: "Every time, he threatens the people.

The only thing he can do is threaten the people and disturb their peace."

"He is not driven by ideas to compare with what is being implemented in Zanu-PF. He wants to cause chaos and invite more sanctions. Zanu-PF is a grouping of people who want to empower their people and not violence. It is an ideas party and not a violent one."

Sibanda said when Tsvangirai threatens Zanu-PF, he threatens the nation as the party holds two thirds majority in parliament and a majority in Senate.

He said if Tsvangirai disagreed or had grievances with the government, that was not a reason to engage in actions that destabilised the nation.

"There are some things that I personally am not happy about like failure to deal with corrupt government officials but that does not mean that one has to destabilise the nation," he said.

"Such actions could be the starting point in bringing chaos that could lead to the destruction of the country. He is threatening the sovereignty of the people something that cannot be allowed. If I were him, I would sit and think, think, think and think again about what I was planning to do."

Prophetic Healing Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya on Sunday urged Zimbabweans to take heed of God's word delivered through Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa last week that they should be peaceful and shun mass protests.

This followed a prophecy by the United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa that mass protests would result in bloodshed.

Prophet Magaya urged people to pray for the nation and its leadership as espoused in the Bible.