by Charles Motsi
Pressure continues to mount on MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, for him to dump his hard line and accept the results of the 30 July Presidential election and allow the nation to move on to more national developmental issues not just party politics.
Luke Tamborinyoka, the party’s former presidential spokesperson, in a tweet, yesterday weighed in on the argument and proposed that it was time to move on and not look at individual egos and party politics.
“It was Lenin who believed that it may be necessary sometimes to embrace enemies and throw friends under the bus,” wrote Tamborinyoka on his official twitter handle.
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, chose to be more diplomatic in her response to a question on the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in an interview with a South African based television station.
She, however, confirmed that elections were a foregone conclusion and her administration was looking forward to working with the elected government of President Mnangagwa.
“The president (Mnangagwa) is an elected president and he is making an important step in saying that he has set-up a commission of inquiry on what has happened in relation to the violence. I think that is a very important signal from him about the Zimbabwe he wants to see for the future,” said May.
Today the MDC (Chamisa faction)’s National Executive Committee is locked in a meeting to try and map the way forward after the embarrassing defeat both at the ballots and in the Constitutional Court.
Well-placed sources have noted that divisions have begun to emerge between Chamisa and his Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora over who will lead the party onwards seeing as that Chamisa failed to deliver the presidency after grabbing power in February.
“Chamisa is rejecting ConCourt ruling just to rival his perceived internal leadership challenger Douglas Mwonzora who has urged him to respect the ConCourt ruling. Looks childish and petulant; whole lawyer rejecting a Court ruling. Can’t want for reaction of Zimbabwe Law Society reaction,” commented one netizen, Brighton Musonza.
