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followers continued to be victims of political violence allegedly perpetrated by Zanu-PF supporters.
However, Zanu-PF legislator for Tsholotsho North and Politburo member, Professor Jonathan Moyo, said the MDC-T leader’s move was meaningless.
“Tsvangirai’s threat to quit the inclusive Government is an expression of his impatient desire to go and enjoy the juicy stuff he has collected during his stint in Government.
“These include two wives, a host of abandoned girlfriends, a US$3,5 million mansion and a fleet of flashy cars among other goodies.”
“That is what he wants to go and enjoy because there is no way a rational leader of a serious political party would want to quit government five months before the elections unless that leader wants to have an early Christmas to enjoy the goodies he has collected at the expense of the people he claims to represent.
“Who can blame him for wanting to quit the Government to go and enjoy these things. He wants an early Christmas let him have it.”
He said the PM’s threat to leave Government was immaterial because he was losing support.
Researches by the Freedom House in the US and Zimbabwe Vigil in the United Kingdom have indicated dwindling support for the MDC-T.
“When somebody who is supposed to be a leader of a party in government and is prime minister in that government and tries to make a mountain out of a mole hill, you must smell a rat.
“The rat is stinking all the way to the high heavens because that leader is Tsvangirai who is unashamedly telling his dwindling supporters that he wants to get out of Government five months before a general election after spending four years in it,” he said.
University of Zimbabwe lecturer in the department of International Relations, Dr Charity Manyeruke, said Mr Tsvangirai’s violence claims were baseless.
“We know the international community has cleared Zimbabwe of any violence hence they gave us the go-ahead to host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly.
“It is important for people to concentrate on policy making and policy implementation process which will take our country forward.
“We should not have people lying that there is violence when we can’t hear or see it. We can’t continue with these lies of violence when it’s not happening,” Dr Manyeruke said.
Another political observer, Mr Goodwine Mureriwa, said Mr Tsvangirai had adopted the tendency of threatening to pull out even when he does not mean it.
“It’s inevitable that elections are coming within the next five months. In fact Mr Tsvangirai fears defeat on his face and in his usual manner he wants to subvert democracy.
“However, Zanu-PF is aware of this tactic and being a revolutionary party, Zanu-PF will not succumb to pressure from a Western stooge,” said Mr Mureriwa.
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday dismissed the PM’s violence claims.
In 2010 MP Tsvangirai disengaged from the inclusive Government in protest over the fact that Mr Roy Bennett was left out of Government.
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