{"id":54992,"date":"2022-02-21T22:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=54992"},"modified":"2022-02-21T21:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T19:47:50","slug":"im-not-fighting-to-become-prime-minister-mwonzora-on-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/im-not-fighting-to-become-prime-minister-mwonzora-on-dialogue","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m Not Fighting To Become Prime Minister\u201d \u2013 Mwonzora On Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said he is not pushing for national dialogue so that he attains the post of Prime Minister but for the resolution of several issues prevalent in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>He said he engaged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and talks shall commence \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mwonzora made the remarks at his weekend rally at Pelandaba Hall in Bulawayo. He said:<\/p>\n<p>I presented Mnangagwa with a letter with 21 points spelling out the kind of Zimbabwe that we want as a party. Very soon, there shall be talks of dialogue. I went back to meet him in January, as MDC-T. I am not involved in these talks so that I become PM, or that some of our MPs can become ministers, but we want to bring peace and prosperity to the country.<\/p>\n<p>All conflicts that have bedevilled the country in the past have been resolved through dialogue like the talks that culminated in a GNU.<\/p>\n<p>Mwonzora told his supporters that he regretted the split between him and his former deputy, Thokozani Khupe, who has now declared herself the MDC-T leader.<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance national chairperson Morgen Komichi said the last battle for the party after winning several court cases against the then MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa would be to win the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni and Nketa Emganwini MP Phelela Masuku, who is now the provincial chairperson of the party, as well as other MPs belonging to Mwonzora\u2019s party attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>More: NewZimbabwe<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said he is not pushing for national dialogue so that he attains the post of Prime Minister but for the resolution of several issues prevalent in Zimbabwe. He said he engaged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and talks shall commence \u201cvery soon.\u201d Mwonzora made the remarks at his weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1793,5275,1540,1520,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-54992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-douglas-mwonzora","14":"tag-government-of-national-unity-gnu","15":"tag-mdc-t","16":"tag-thokozani-khupe","17":"tag-zimbabwe"},"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>\u201cI\u2019m Not Fighting To Become Prime Minister\u201d \u2013 Mwonzora On Dialogue - 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