The spokesperson for the opposition MDC-T party Obert Gutu has said that Morgan Tsvangirai will remain as the party’s leader and presidential candidate for the 2018 elections. He also warned party members to stop calling for Tsvangirai to step down. This comes after there have been fears over Tsvangirai’s health after he was airlifted to South Africa when he suffered a bout of vomiting.
A source who spoke to NewsDay said that party leaders were calling for Tsvangirai to step down.
It’s not the family per se, but other senior leaders, who think it would be dangerous for them to confront Tsvangirai and tell him to step down.
They are now coaxing the family to prevail on Tsvangirai to step down
However, Gutu said:
The MDC has one leader and that is Morgan Tsvangirai, he will be our presidential candidate next year.
Anybody dreaming otherwise is as good as whistling in a graveyard. Their day of reckoning is coming.
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