Zanu PF fanning discord in opposition coalition talks

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is running scared of a possible coalition between longtime rival Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T and former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) to the extent of fanning instability, a top opposition official has claimed.

MDC-T secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora described the coalition talks between his party and ZimPF as nearly done, but claimed that “State agents have been planting fake stories” of disagreements and influencing other senior officials to resist the impending alliance.

“They are trying to influence people in both MDC-T and ZimPF to resist the coalition arrangement and they have even started spreading false information about the parties,” he said yesterday.

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