Farai Dziva|That MDC A Secretary General is keen to contest for the party’ s presidency is now an open secret.

Mwonzora believes Zanu PF is wary of his capacity to guide the opposition party to victory.

“What I know is that Zanu PF people are afraid of my candidature because Zanu PF has dealt with me for quite a long time as a member of the opposition.

This is the party that has detained me for over 34 times, starting with my detention at Whawha in 1990 and another detention in Mutare when I was heading Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee).

I am sure as chairperson of Copac I must have given Zanu PF a few sleepless nights. I have a formula for defeating that party. I defeated Zanu PF first as a member of ZUM ( Zimbabwe Unity Movement) and fought against a one-party state and we won,” Mwonzora told The Standard Newspaper.

“In 1989-90, we fought against a one-party state and I was a member of the students’ union as well as a member of ZUM, where I was in the executive as will presidential spokesperson.

We were able to defeat Zanu PF in its one-party state agenda.
In 1997 I took the government to court over the constitutionality of the Political Parties Finance Act and I successfully challenged it in on the Supreme Court, which he was the Constitutional Court on that occasion.

I have been a member of alt- the MDC and as a member of Copac we have had our new Constitution and it came via the leadership I offered to my colleagues. So I am not doubtful regarding what I can achieve.
I think I do possess the abil-ities of strategic thinking and strategic planning.

I think I will be more difficult for the Zanu PF people.”