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Zanu PF to crush opposition - Margret Dongo
11 Sep 2016 at 08:15hrs | Views
Opposition parties should forget dislodged Zanu PF from power if they go for 2018 elections divided, former Zanu PF legislator Margret Dongo has warned.
Below is part of her conversation with the Standard
STANDARD: Do you think opposition parties have a chance of dislodging Mugabe and Zanu PF in the 2018 elections?
Margret Dongo: I agree that the opposition side of the politics in this country, if left to go into an election separately, may not stand the obvious chance of winning against Zanu PF.
I am happy, however, to note that there are currently very positive developments towards coming out with an umbrella body that will face Zanu PF and effectively go a long way in diluting Zanu PF's rigging.
If opposition parties unite, they will without doubt, defeat Zanu PF by very high margins.
STANDARD : What is your role in Zimbabwe People First and why did you choose to join that party instead of the other opposition parties?
MARGRET DONGO: I am there to work, as has always been my passion, for the good of this country, its people and without mention, my family also. I could equally have worked for this country's best interests from any opposition grouping but my colleagues in People First approached me and I saw no reason to refuse. That is why I remain for the creation of a common front of the opposition in the next general election. I believe that every opposition grouping in this country has a role to play towards the freedom and liberty of our people.
STANDARD: Do you think people like Mujuru would have joined the opposition ranks had they not been expelled from Zanu PF?
MARGRET DONGO: I cannot speak for my interim President Mujuru but can only risk equating her situation to mine. The mere fact that as then vice-president of both Zanu PF and the country, she was humiliated in the manner she was, is an obvious indication that she must have fundamentally differed with Mugabe and her cronies, and this over a very long period. They took their revenge in the way they did but it looks like citizens have since seen through Zanu PF's lies.
Below is part of her conversation with the Standard
STANDARD: Do you think opposition parties have a chance of dislodging Mugabe and Zanu PF in the 2018 elections?
Margret Dongo: I agree that the opposition side of the politics in this country, if left to go into an election separately, may not stand the obvious chance of winning against Zanu PF.
I am happy, however, to note that there are currently very positive developments towards coming out with an umbrella body that will face Zanu PF and effectively go a long way in diluting Zanu PF's rigging.
If opposition parties unite, they will without doubt, defeat Zanu PF by very high margins.
STANDARD : What is your role in Zimbabwe People First and why did you choose to join that party instead of the other opposition parties?
MARGRET DONGO: I am there to work, as has always been my passion, for the good of this country, its people and without mention, my family also. I could equally have worked for this country's best interests from any opposition grouping but my colleagues in People First approached me and I saw no reason to refuse. That is why I remain for the creation of a common front of the opposition in the next general election. I believe that every opposition grouping in this country has a role to play towards the freedom and liberty of our people.
STANDARD: Do you think people like Mujuru would have joined the opposition ranks had they not been expelled from Zanu PF?
MARGRET DONGO: I cannot speak for my interim President Mujuru but can only risk equating her situation to mine. The mere fact that as then vice-president of both Zanu PF and the country, she was humiliated in the manner she was, is an obvious indication that she must have fundamentally differed with Mugabe and her cronies, and this over a very long period. They took their revenge in the way they did but it looks like citizens have since seen through Zanu PF's lies.
Source - The Standard
