By Own Correspondent| Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa poured his heart out Thursday at the breakfast meeting organised for the national leaders of Zimbabwe by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches.

The MDC leader attributed Zimbabwe’s challenges to politicians whom he said were behind the current economic mess.

Said Chamisa as he spoke before the country’s national leaders from all political parties, the clergy, civil society organisations, the international community, diplomats, security sector, the judiciary, women and youths among other representatives:

It is unfortunate that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not here, I would have wanted to say what i am saying in his presence. But because he is not here, I will say what i will say in honor of the bishops here present, the seers, the diplomats and everyone else gathered here.

I will have to say my piece. This meeting is God sent. Allow me to thank the business community for without the business there is no politics, without politics there is no givernment, i honor you business people. I honor everyone here present, I honor those from the security sector.

Let me start by saying politicians are the problem, we are the trouble causers. There can never be repentance without confession, there can never be humility without acknowledgement. We as politicians are the source of agonies of our land. Why do i say so, it should not be difficult for me to sit and meet with Mnangagwa, he is president of his organisation and i am president of mine…..

There are issues of legitimacy that we should discuss and until that issue is resolved it becomes difficult for us to move things forward. I would i have been ready yesterday, today or tomorrow, if there is a room at this hotel for me to sit and talk with Mnangagwa i am ready…..any minute longer is a time wasted. We need healing, peace and unity and the coming together. For that to happen, there is need for me and Mnangagwa to dialogue.

Right now, i am a leader to members of parliament who can’t even sleep in their homes on account of just belonging to opposition. I come here as a leader of a people who have been brutalised for no apparent reason…..I inherited from the icon of peace, the late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai and you (Mnangagwa) inherited from the former president Robert Mugabe.

I am saying because we are both new players, lets have new politics. This country is far more important than all of us. If we are to dialogue, we need an independent convenor. There can be dialogue with all other political parties but the dialogue will not change much because those leaders are not the ones challenging the result. This is an electoral result that was disputed ,,, i do not respresent myself, i am carrying 2.6 million voices but some will say but Chamisa you got 2.1 million votes according to ZEC but again that is disputed.

……I told you that we need is dialogue. When the foundations are shaken what shall the righteous do? Our justice system is shaken… the water is sour… seek ye first the kingdom of God..

All we want is to unite our nation. Let us create that environment because we can’t have dialogue when people are imprisoned on account of politics. We love our army, yes but we cannot have our army in our homes. We are ready to dialogue anytime. Yes to a genuine, credible and inclusive dialogue. The reason why we are in this mess is because we are hiding the answer.I am not saying i am a saint, i need prayers too.

We have a conflict of what was declared by the court and what the people voted for.