By Talent Gondo| Despite being physically removed from office by the junta led administration, Former President Robert is still at the helm of power, MDC T leader Nelson Chamisa has said.

Addressing Chatham House in the United Kingdom, Chamisa said while Mugabe had been chucked out from office and was no longer physically visible as head of state, his dictatorship system was still embedded within Zimbabwean systems and clearly visible in the country’s social, political and economic spheres.

“Yes, people are saying that Mugabe is gone but Mugabe is still with us.

“His system is very much with us and as far as we are concerned dictatorship is still there,” he said.

Chamisa said the current regime was riding on Mugabe’s dictatorship systems at the expense of the masses.

“Dictatorship is still there and prevalent within the country’s systems.

“It is the same old women and men running the country’s affairs,” he said.

The youthful MDC Alliance Presidential candidate dismissed the “new dispensation mantra” arguing that it is highly unlikely that those that created the country’s problems can wake up saying they now have the solutions to those challenges.

“Yesterday’s problems can not be an answer to tomorrow’s people.

We need a fresh face in the affairs of our nation,” said Chamisa.

He said Zimbabwe had a lot of potential socially, economically and politically which would likely change its citizens’ lives if only new leadership was elected.

“The country needs a fresh breath,” he said.