News of the South HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa has said in as much as it is important to dialogue President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not committed to it despite public pronouncements inviting all political stakeholders to dialogue.
Addressing journalists at the party headquarters this morning, Advocate Chamisa said the only dialogue that has been there between citizens and the state is that of violence.
“The position of dialogue remains on the table but we don’t have another partner. Mr Mnangagwa is not committed to dialogue; he has not indicated his willingness to dialogue.
“I wrote to him five letters he has not responded. I’ve tried to send people to say we need to talk to save lives,” Adv Chamisa said. He added that the dialogue is not meant for him or his party to be in Government.
“We don’t want to be in Government through any other door. The people voted for us; we have the people’s vote, the people’s mandate. What we want is to resolve fundamental issues around reforms; around questions of legitimacy; around questions of nation building and peace building including national healing,” he said.
In response to statements by Government that there can be dialogue if the MDC Alliance recognise Mnangagwa as the duly elected president of Zimbabwe, Adv Chamisa said the dialogue needed by the nation should not be conditional.
“I’m not a liar; I don’t want to acknowledge lies. I’ve said I will not recognise what is not recognisable… We are going to talk about that as that as the first issue. It’s a dialoguing point. Let’s agree on that issue.
“Why are you putting conditions on it and why do you want Mr Chamisa to acknowledge you? If you allege that you won the election, why do you want the endorsement of an individual,” said Adv Chamisa. He also emphasised the need to articulate the role of the security forces in order to separate them from civilian politics.
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