Tsvangirai called on to stop Mugabe

MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has been called on to lead a national effort by Zimbabweans to stop President Robert Mugabe from contesting elections as a Zanu PF candidate next year.

Mugabe, who will be 94 next year, has already been endorsed as the ruling party’s candidate.

In a statement, Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka said following his whirlwind tour of the Zanu PF political hotbed of Mashonaland East, the MDC-T said opinion leaders in the province had pleaded with Tsvangirai to seek national consensus against Mugabe’s participation.

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