MDC-T LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI has spoken out on election looser Nelson Chamisa’s future.[lightbox link=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/tsvangirai10062008.jpg” thumb=”http://www.zimeye.com/wp-content/live_images//2014/10/tsvangirai10062008-412×184.jpg” width=”320″ align=”right” title=”Morgan Tsvangirai speaks on Chamisa’s future” frame=”true” icon=”image” caption=”Morgan Tsvangirai speaks on Chamisa’s future”]
Mr Tsvangirai revealed to ZimEye for the first time that he has his own private succession plan contrary to the one speculated by Chamisa supporters who thought the 36 year old would immediately take over from him. In a  recent interview during a press briefing, Mr Tsvangirai was quizzed on his views of Chamisa and succession in general.
He replied cautioning against a bloody coup plot as he repeated Chamisa’s name. Below was his full statement to ZimEye:
“Let me tell you one thing, I have a succession plan, and it only belongs to me that one day I have to leave the stage and give it to young people. I don’t want to die in office, and I also appreciate that bringing in new blood, new ideas reinvigorates the party.
“If you look at the growth of the MDC it has largely been by the youth, the Chamisas of this world, the Chibayas, the Learnmore Jongwes, they were the young people from the student movement. The student movement, the constitutional movement and the labour movement were the living pillars that formed the MDC.
“So we appreciate, the Job Sikhalas (sic) have just come back. These are the young persons of the future. We can’t have a party that is entrapped in the past. We want a future that is defined by the young people, bringing in young people, bringing in new ideas. So its not a question of “if,” it is a question of “when,” and as far as I am concerned it’s a given.
“There will be youth, there will be handover takeover, but in a proper way, but not in a coup d’etat, but in a proper way, or a memo d’etat,” said Tsvangirai.