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Midlands Correspondent
MDC-T has refuted claims by some sections of the media that President Mugabe had offered the party’s leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, the post of Vice President saying the newspaper which published the story was relying on “pub talk”.
In an interview in Gweru yesterday where Mr Tsvangirai held a closed-door meeting with the party’s Midlands South provincial executive, MDC-T organising secretary Mr Nelson Chamisa said Mr Tsvangirai was never approached by President Mugabe or any of his representatives over the post.
Mr Chamisa said the claims published by NewsDay yesterday were unfounded and wild speculation that had no tangible evidence. “There is nothing like that,” he said. “It is pub talk. Mr Tsvangirai has not been approached by Zanu-PF.
“These are things that people say while riding on commuter omnibuses. President Mugabe did not offer Mr Tsvangirai the VP post,” he said.
Analysts say the story further exposes the gullibility of the so-called independent media where street rumours are peddled as newsworthy stories without any verifications.
The newspaper claimed that it got its story from MDC-T youth leader Mr Solomon Madzore who is on bail facing murder charges. The analysts observed that the private media had perfectly fitted into the MDC-T agenda of trying to destabilise Zanu-PF by peddling unfounded stories.
President Mugabe garnered 61,09 percent of the presidential votes cast against Mr Tsvangirai’s 33,94 percent and Zanu-PF commands more than a two-thirds majority in Parliament and can easily form a Cabinet on its own without incorporating members from the opposition.
Mr Chamisa took a dig at Sadc, saying the party no longer had anything to do with the regional body after it endorsed the elections as free and fair and representing the will of the majority.
He said the party had lost hope in Sadc and would not recognise the regional body in its endeavour to push for a new plebiscite.
Mr Chamisa said his party had also lost hope in the international community after many turned their backs on the party and endorsed the outcome of the elections.
“Sadc is not Zimbabwe,” he said.
“We do not need to be told by Sadc that the election was not fair. We do not need hope in Sadc. The only hope we have is within ourselves. This time Zimbabweans must speak for themselves.”
Mr Chamisa conceded that the beleaguered MDC-T was now desperate after failing to provide tangible evidence to challenge the legitimacy of the recently held harmonised elections in court.
He said his party would continue clamouring for a new election despite failing to provide tangible evidence to challenge the authenticity of the recently held harmonised elections where MDC-T lost dismally.
“We are moving around all the provinces to hear what happened in these provinces,” he said.
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