The leader of the opposition MDC-T party, Morgan Tsvangirai has said that President Robert Mugabe’s decision to sack his deputy, and aide for more than 40 years, former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is a security risk as it has the potential to destabilise the whole country. Tsvangirai also accused Mugabe of trying to create a family dynasty. Speaking to SABC on Wednesday night, Tsvangirai said:
This is a dramatic experience for the country. It’s one thing to dismiss the vice president but it’s another when it affects the stability of the country. This is a security risk. …Robert Mugabe is determined to keep power by whatever means.
This is a dynasty arrangement. Mugabe has walked roughshod over everyone…If the nation has to take the route for [an] unconstitutional change, we may as well kiss the democratic project goodbye. I hope those who want unconstitutional change will be dissuaded from that.
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