By Paul Nyathi|Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on ruling ZANU PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to a power sharing deal that will see the two leaders take separate two year terms to run the country.

Addressing about ten thousands MDC supporters who filled up Mkoba Stadium in the Midlands provincial capital Gweru on Sunday, Chamisa made the logical call in line with the on-going demands for national dialogue where ZANU PF has indicated unwillingness to be in the same government with the MDC.

Chamisa said his party was prepared to use its “political muscle” through demonstrations in which all its supporters countrywide would descend on Harare if Mnangagwa continues to refuse the power sharing arrangement.

“Last month there was a stay away called by our mother, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and we took heed to it as we are a child of ZCTU. Now, we are saying we want dialogue with (President) Mnangagwa. I know you are asking yourselves a question, if (President) Mnangagwa refuses dialogue what will we do? We said we are giving him a short space of time to conclude dialogue and do away with the election mode. The country cannot be perpetually in an election mode.

“We want to close the election mode and go into economic transformation. We will call our membership from across the country and engage in a democratic mass action and shut down Harare,” he said.

The opposition leader, who has snubbed Mnangagwa a led dialogue with several other losing presidential election candidates at the 2018 elections said the dialogue should be restricted to Zanu-PF and the MDC.

Twenty two candidates contested the elections with Chamisa and Mnagagwa narrowly sharing about 99% of the votes while the rest shared only 1%.

“Mnangagwa you will give me two years to govern the country and we inter change like that as we rule our country together. Political dialogue is a necessity to unlock the political stalemate in the country. That is the agenda we have for this country. We are saying Mnangagwa give us signals of sincerity. We don’t want to see soldiers on the roadblocks, they should go to the barracks where they belong and in the event we are invaded they take up arms and defend the country. We want dialogue in the country,” he said.