MDC President Nelson Chamisa says only the people of Zimbabwe have the power to chat the destiny of their country, and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a meeting he held with party provincial structures in Gweru Thursday, Chamisa said the fate of Zimbabwe is now in the hands of its citizens.<\/p>\n
He went on to dismiss Mnangagwa as a mere \u2018individual\u2019.<\/p>\n
On what course of action MDC would take if Mnangagwa continued to refuse dialogue overtures made, Chamisa said it was now up to Zimbabweans to determine their future.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not just a question of Mr Mnangagwa, he has no power to define the course of this country. He is just an individual, one citizen,\u201d Chamisa said.<\/p>\n
He called for collective action in addressing myriad challenges affecting the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has to be defined by all of us and we have to come together breaking barriers so that we have an initiative of
\nnational consensus,\u201d Chamisa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet all Zimbabweans come together, churches, trade unions, labour bodies, youth groups, women\u2019s groups, civic
\ngroups, traditional leaders, political parties we all come together and chat a way forward for this country.<\/p>\n
Chamisa said Zimbabwe will only come out of the economic challenges being experienced if it solves its politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cZimbabwe is about its politics that is broken, it\u2019s about its relations that have to be mended, the political instability that should be dealt with, it\u2019s a crisis of governance, crisis of legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The main opposition leader said there must be general consensus on what the country\u2019s problems were.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must agree as Zimbabweans what our problem is, what our ailment is and once we have done that, we can cure that problem. If we have comprehensive reforms, a nation building agenda, a national healing programme and then we will be able to have a re-engagement plan at a national level so that we will be able to feed into the international re-engagement programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we have done that we will be able to deal with the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on the reasons for calling for an urgent dialogue with his political nemesis, Mnangagwa, Chamisa said: \u201cWe must look at our problems collectively and together as a people, it takes two to tango, we must smoke a peace pipe for this country to enjoy peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that citizens were the authors of the country\u2019s destiny.<\/p>\n
\u201cZimbabweans are suffering; the whole country is in trouble, we have to make sure that we deal with the problems as Zimbabweans.<\/p>\n
\u201cZimbabweans are the authors of this country, they have a right, they are the authority at the end of the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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