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The leaders of the three parties Mr Tsvangirai, Dr Simba Makoni (MKD) and Zanu Ndonga’s Reketayi Semwayo made the announcement of their partnership dubbed the Coalition for Change at a press conference.
“The MDC-T, MKD and Zanu Ndonga have today agreed to enter into a coalition for change in order to offer solutions to the problems
facing the country.
The coming together of these parties has been necessitated by the shared commitment to bring to an end the current hardships confronting Zimbabweans due to the failed policies of the past,” said Dr Makoni in a statement on behalf of the parties.
Dr Makoni said negotiations with MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube and Dumiso Dabengwa’s Zapu were ongoing.
The so-called grand coalition of the parties failed to materialise last week after Professor Ncube and Dabengwa entered into a separate coalition.
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The issues to do with allocation of positions was said to be at the centre of the failure of the parties to reach an agreement.
The three parties said they would form a coalition Government in the event that they win the elections adding they would implement a programme called National Revival and
Transformation Agenda that would be based on five pillars; good governance, economic revival, social transformation, devolution of power and international re-engagement.
They were, however, silent on the issue of the illegal sanctions that Zanu PF says have cost the country US$42 billion since 2001.
Online Reporter