Farai Dziva|The MDC Alliance wants Emmerson Mnangagwa to retract his statement that referred to opposition leaders as rebels- indicating failure to do so will cause civil unrest.

See part of the MDC A statement below:

Mnangagwa “Rebel” remarks are reckless.
Reports that Mnangagwa referred to the People’s President Adv. Nelson Chamisa as a “rebel” are unacceptable and the MDC does not take such remarks lightly.

Mnangagwa must be aware that such remarks can breed aggression and cause a lot of unnecessary friction in the Zimbabwean society. We have noted with concern a continued pattern of these reckless statements coming from him in succession, a case in point are the remarks he made in Rutenga when he made threats to unleash violence on citizens for the exercise of their rights provided in section 59 of the Constitution.

In any case, a rebel is one who reneges on his oath of office, fails to uphold the Constitution but instead works on undermining its spirit and letter. A rebel is one who fails to protect the citizens but instead unleashes repressive apparatus on them with many losing lives and limb at the hands of the state.

The illusion around dialogue which excludes the MDC has already proven to be a political fallacy, many are pulling out because they are aware that the approach will not create sufficient consensus.