By Own Correspondent| The MDC Alliance has refuted claims by National Patriotic Front (NPF) Spokesperson, Jelousy Mawarire that the coalition of 7 opposition political parties was in talks with the party which was made up of mostly Zanu Pf’s G40 faction.
Spokesperson of the Alliance, Professor Welshman Ncube said while the coalition welcomed and was open to the idea of joining forces with like minded opposition political parties ahead of the July 30 plebiscite, the Alliance had no desire to be associated with the terrible rule of the former president Robert Mugabe or his wife, Dr Grace.
Ncube’s statement follows revelations by Mawarire that his party, which is reportedly endorsed by the former president, Mugabe would on Monday July 11 make an announcement regarding joining an alliance as part of their efforts to defeat President Emerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming harmonised polls
“We do not know the extent to which Robert Mugabe is or is not behind the NPF. We read in the press that he might be the godfather or the motivator.
We have no desire whatsoever to be associated with the terrible rule of Robert Mugabe. Make that clear,” said Professor Ncube.
Professor Ncube also denied that the Alliance was in talks with NPF even though some of its members attended the electoral reforms match on Tuesday.
“All we are saying is that there is a common minimum denominator that ‘do you want an end to quasi-military rule; are you prepared to vote for our candidate in order to assist us to remove that junta from power?’ If your answer is yes, we say please work with us to that limited extent.
There has been no discussion on border policy issues with NPF. We do not necessarily know what they stand for but there is only that minimum common denominator that we are talking about,”