{"id":3280,"date":"2019-02-07T13:39:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2019-02-07T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:39:12","slug":"chamisa-snubs-mnangawa-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-snubs-mnangawa-talks","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa snubs Mnangawa talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) yesterday snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s national dialogue meeting at State House, saying the process was a flawed public relations stunt meant to appease the international community, instead of resolving the political and economic crisis in the country.<span id=\"more-3096224744013198\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa, who won a disputed presidential poll in July last year, invited all 23 politicians who contested the presidential election to a meeting yesterday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, but Chamisa, who leads the main opposition party in the country, said the call was meant to hoodwink the international community following a brutal crackdown on protesters by security forces which killed 17 and left hundreds nursing injuries, including gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/Mnangagwa-and-Chamisa-1-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/Mnangagwa-and-Chamisa-1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/Mnangagwa-and-Chamisa-1.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chamisa maintains that he won the July 31 election and calls Mnangagwa illegitimate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-1193933996\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent\">\n<p>He told NewsDay that he was still open to dialogue if his opponent showed a \u201cgenuine desire\u201d to end the political and economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real dialogue that we are supposed to have as a nation has not started, not these games. We have a political crisis arising out of a disputed and rigged presidential election result in Zimbabwe. The presidency is disputed. We need genuine dialogue under a credible convener and mediator to solve this crisis. Stop citizen abuses, beatings and arrests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader said Mnangagwa was treating him like a toddler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Mnangagwa and his colleagues are making a mistake of thinking that he is talking to just a 41-year-old. When he is engaging me, he is talking to 2,6 million voices. So, in my voice, there are 2,6 million voices of Zimbabweans and he should not expect to meet with them because they will not, they have sent me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr Mnangagwa is party to this dispute. He, therefore, cannot chair a meeting where the complaints are against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-216073482\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent-250\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) yesterday snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s national dialogue meeting at State House, saying the process was a flawed public relations stunt meant to appease the international community, instead of resolving the political and economic crisis in the country. Mnangagwa, who won a disputed presidential poll in July last year, invited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12],"tags":[113,31,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-3280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"tag-chamisa","12":"tag-mnangagwa","13":"tag-parties"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chamisa snubs Mnangawa talks - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-snubs-mnangawa-talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamisa snubs Mnangawa talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) yesterday snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s national dialogue meeting at State House, saying the process was a flawed public relations stunt meant to appease the international community, instead of resolving the political and economic crisis in the country. 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