Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change will have a new president by February next year following the incumbent leader’s failure to uphold its Constitution and values, Zimbabwe’s state-runHerald quoted a senior party official as saying on Tuesday.
Secretary General professor Welshman Ncube said ousted party leader Morgan Tsvangirai had turned himself into a dictator who had abandoned people’s aspirations.
He was addressing a pro-senate faction provincial congress for Harare, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces in Mount Pleasant on Monday.
“We shall choose another president next year whose credentials are not questionable because the MDC cannot die because of [Mr] Tsvangirai,” said Ncube, who is also leader of the pro-Senate faction.
“We are not in the habit of creating dictators and that is why we were opposed to Tsvangirai who wanted to turn himself into a 52-year old dictator.
“He rejected the outcome of the national council who voted for participation in the Senate elections.”
The party, which has been ripped into two camps, is currently conducting parallel congresses, according to the Herald.
It said Tsvangirai’s anti-senate faction had also been conducting parallel provincial congresses.
Both factions now have parallel structures, national council and national disciplinary committees. – I-Net Bridge