Chamisa has defied all odds

MDC Alliance leader has defied all odds and proved the critics who said he will not get support wrong as the political trail towards this year's elections goes on.

This was said by People's Democratic Party spokesperson Jacob Mafume whjose party is member of the alliance.

"The art of politics is to convert other people to your cause In other words when is support enough in a skewed political environment such as ours .When this all began it was Nelson cant be supported by the likes of Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti surely .This came to pass .Then it was ,he cannot move with Elias Mudzuri,  Douglas Mwonzora this again came to pass .Then they said ah thats all very well but he cannot hold a rally the likes we have seen before .The rallies have come and are well attended for all to see," he said.

"The word was then let him try to do that in the rural areas he will learn his lesson .The rural folk have responded .It was then said he should not have called for a march, he wont get the numbers.the town people are too busy.It came to pass .The followers of the opposite side tried their own march it flopped.The rural areas you see are full of supporters of the MDC and the soon to be former ruling party .On their way to becoming opposition they formed their party or parties as a way of putting one leg into the terrifying waters of opposition politics in Zimbabwe NPP, NPF etc .They did so and found that it is better to be in a coalition."

He said Just 2 weeks ago, Emmerson Mnangagwa brought in Nguema to try and negotiate a political solution with Robert Mugabe.

"This is because ED understands that he is by far a weaker political animal than G40. Theirs was a brutish military uprising, devoid of political aptitude. ED and Nguema failed to rein in those G40 supporters, now they are spinning paranoid conspiracy theories about impeachments and security breaches.They make up stories about Grace being vice president of the alliance,my pre-school child makes better horror stories.These are people who were defeated politically by G40 how people imagine that they can defeat Chamisa,Welshman,Biti is beyond comprehension.Theirs is a motley crew hanging on to politics by the barely camouflaged barrels of guns and tanks.They are running around like headless chickens promising heaven while creating hell," he said.

"In all this they came up with a no name manifesto ,except to say manifesto.A document that has more than Seven versions released to the public .A document that was written by someone who could not tell the history of service in Government of their main candidate.If they could not tell what he has done no wonder they could not promise anything.We put out a document.There are some who tried to discourage people from reading the document by saying they are the same .They are not.Its an election of ideas they said .We bring the ideas they run away to talk about Grace its them who miss her not us."

Mafume said Mashonaland Provinces, Manicaland, Masvingo and even his home province Midlands are up for the taking.

"Key Stakeholders and political gatekeepers in these areas now see value in joining forces with the Alliance.It is because we have sold our coalition better that everyone wants to be in it ,the good and the bad .Such is the nature of politics that it was dominated by two parties with no middle ground .A party to succeed has to subtrack from the other .We the victims have to convert the perpetrators such is our damascean politics.To look for angels in the political hell of ZANU politics is an exercise in futility.We now have hordes at the gates of the alliance seeking refuge .They all seek to place their burdens on the shoulders of the young and capable Nelson Chamisa.Are we to keep them out ? he said.

"If so how many are they ?and who will they vote for then ?Are we so fragile that if they join us they will convert us and not us converting them?Are our supporters so naive that they cannot appreciate an increase in voters?How do we shut out other people and not shut ourselves out of being a solution to the zimbabwean people?We have the SMART president and the SMART ideas people want to join are we to say no?This is not a spectator sport zimbabwe politics ,its real business and votes are counted one by one or thats the theory.Are we making it easy for ZANU by getting their estwhile pillars I do not think so ...In sports some teams buy players even if they do not use them to avoid them being used by the other side ...Its elementary really ."