Tsvangirai endorsed as coalition leader

MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirailook set to be picked as  coalition of political parties presidential candidate next year.

During the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera)-led demonstration at Freedom Square in Harare, several opposition leaders endorsed Tsvangirai.
However, Joice  Mujuju who is also seeking to lead the coalition boycotted the demonstration.
ZimPF founder and caretaker leader Didymus Mutasa said only Tsvangirai should lead the coalition.
"We started a long time ago to say this government must go. I also said it sometime ago and if you want to know who we support, we support Tsvangirai," Mutasa said according to NewsDay.
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume said their fight was targeted at cleaning the voters' roll and they believed in a collective fight to remove Zanu PF in next year's elections.
"As opposition parties, we came together and agreed to fight this (electoral unevenness) together"
People's Democratic Party leader Tendai Biti also said they were sending a clear message to President Robert Mugabe and his family that they were coming for them and as political parties they could serve the people well by working together to depose the Zanu PF regime.
On his part Tsvangirai said during his countrywide tours he had heard people saying they could accept Mugabe as life president of Zanu PF and not Zimbabwe.
"We have been victims of this system for a very long time. I want to assure you that it must end.
"I want to thank you leaders for demonstrating this unity. Let it be the character and culture of our country that the people come first.
"Next time we are on the streets, circumstances dictate behaviour. Are we dead? Next time we will protest going into town," the MDC-T leader said.