Bulawayo Correspondent| In an rare stance, veteran opposition politician Professor Welshman Ncube has hinted at abandoning his soft-punch approach by taking up a confrontational route aimed at Zanu PF.

In a special message directed primarily at MDC members ahead of the congress in Friday but with far reaching aim at Zanu PF, Prof Ncube said it was time to tackle “Zanu PF head on.”

“The time to confront ZANU PF head on both on the streets and in the legislature is now and I am ready to play a determining role in both avenues of confrontation” said Prof Ncube.

Prof Ncube is seeking to retain his vice president position.

Added Prof Ncube “We will meet in order to develop a people centred programme by which over the next five years we will have to set millions of Zimbabweans on a trajectory of defiance against state brutality, genocide denialism, electoral theft, unemployment, currency crisis, rampant prices, under development and all forms of evils imposed on our beloved Zimbabwe by the politico-military regime of our times.

“Together we shall push that there be democratic change in Zimbabwe even before 2023′.

During the party candidates caucuses, current deputy national chairman Tendai Biti routinely called for mass action against President Emerson Mnangagwa government and “have Nelson Chamisa at State House before end of the year.”

It is understood that the party is demanding for conditions of dialogue, early elections this year, and this was made public at a rally meeting last week.