THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David Coltart for helping the UK draft the European country\u2019s document on sanctions against Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
The letter, dated November 12, 2001 and has been circulating on social media, also stated that the MDC would never get into power once they failed to win the 2005 elections.<\/p>\n
The UK embassy in Harare told the Daily News on Sunday that their government had nothing to do with the letter.\u201dIt has been brought to our attention that a photo is being shared online pretending to show a UK government document from 2001. This document is a fake and should be dismissed as such,\u201d the embassy said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the MDC does not win the next presidential election or 2005 parliamentary elections, there will be no prospect of getting into power at any other time as Zanu-PF will get even tougher with the opposition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have received communication from \u2026 Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and these are my recommendations. That we immediately disengage (the late former President Robert) Mugabe\u2019s government and lobby the EU to take a common position on sanctions. High Commissioner Brian Donnelly has met with \u2026 Tsvangirai, Tendai Laxton Biti, and David Coltart, the latter two are lawyers who are assisting in the drafting of the sanctions document and are giving great insights on what our role should be in the upcoming 2002 presidential elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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