By Own Correspondent- Opposition MDC leader and 2018 presidential candidate in the harmonised election, Nelson Chamisa has said that he is ready to meet with President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dialogue at any time but as an equal insisting that he polled more votes than the incumbent in the just ended harmonised polls.

Chamisa told delegates at a prayer meeting organised by the clergy at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) in Harare that he won the 2018 presidential election with 2,6 million votes even though the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) gave him a lesser figure.

He added that the dispute in Zimbabwe will be resolved if he (Chamisa) and Mnangagwa meets since the other 21 presidential candidates did not contest the presidential result.

Said Chamisa:

I’m ready to meet President Mnangagwa. I say President not because our dispute is resolved, but he’s President of his party and I’m President of mine.

Meanwhile, Mnangagwa’s close ally and Deputy Minister for Information Energy Mutodi claimed that the reason why Mnangagwa did not show up for the prayer meeting was that Chamisa did not come for the pre dialogue discussion meeting organised by Mnangagwa at State House on Tuesday.

Said Mutodi:

“It is him (Chamisa) who has been knocking on President (Mnangagwa’s) door for dialogue……we cannot have dialogue with pre conditions.

President Mnangagwa was represented by the ZANU PF national chairperson who is also Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri at the prayer meeting who read his keynote address.