{"id":54573,"date":"2022-02-13T19:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=54573"},"modified":"2022-02-13T18:45:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T16:45:30","slug":"the-electorate-isnt-naive-mliswa-comments-on-crowd-that-attended-mwonzoras-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/the-electorate-isnt-naive-mliswa-comments-on-crowd-that-attended-mwonzoras-rally","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Electorate Isn\u2019t Naive,\u201d \u2013 Mliswa Comments On Crowd That Attended Mwonzora\u2019s Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has said MDC-T leader, Senator Douglas Mwonzora, has a huge task ahead of the 26 March by-elections amid reports that a small crowd attended his rally on Saturday.<\/p>\n

MDC-T which is contesting in the by-elections as MDC Alliance was officially launching its campaign ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n

The Standard reports that an estimated 300 people turned up for the rally, but a statement issued by the party claimed 5000 attended.<\/p>\n

The rally in Harare\u2019s Highfield yesterday was being hyped as the stage to demonstrate that Mwonzora was the leading opposition figure in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

It was billed to start at 10 am, but the party leader only arrived at the venue in the high-density suburb around 3:30 pm amid speculation that he delayed his arrival hoping that there would be an improvement in attendance.<\/p>\n

Mliswa said the small crowd showed that Mwonzora faced an uphill struggle as he tries to outsmart Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu PF. He said:<\/p>\n

For Mwonzora today should be a reminder that he has work to do.<\/p>\n

As I have always argued, the electorate isn\u2019t obtuse or naive.<\/p>\n

It knows what it wants and he has the onerous task to make people believe that he can be a genuine opposition leader.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mwonzora told ZBC that he was excited by the turnout and expressed shock over the images on social media showing a small crowd. He said:<\/p>\n

I was shocked the social media was circulating pictures without people, but now we can see for ourselves 5 000 plus.<\/p>\n

Besides the ruling party, no other party can have such numbers without being forced or enticed by money.<\/p>\n

After having a leadership clean-out, we are now having leaders who follow the party ideology and out of 12 seats we expect a minimum of eight.<\/p>\n

At yesterday\u2019s rally, most of the people were wearing red t-shirts emblazoned with the late Morgan Tsvangirai portraits with only a few wearing Mwonzora\u2019s white branded t-shirts.<\/p>\n

In his address, Mwonzora urged the electorate not to vote for people that were \u201crecalled from office because of incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa has said MDC-T leader, Senator Douglas Mwonzora, has a huge task ahead of the 26 March by-elections amid reports that a small crowd attended his rally on Saturday. MDC-T which is contesting in the by-elections as MDC Alliance was officially launching its campaign ahead of the polls. 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