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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said talks between his party and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front were being hampered by the succession battle within ZANU-PF because each aspiring successor wanted to be seen as the one able to deliver President Robert Mugabe the longest stay in power.
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The rift within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front caused by President Robert Mugabe’s failure in 2006 to secure a postponement of the presidential elections from 2008 to 2010 resulted in a number of theories being floated about Mugabe’s future.
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Gandi Mudzingwa, the special advisor to Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, told a United States embassy official that like the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the MDC had no clear succession mechanism and despite its wide popular support it lacked anybody beyond Tsvangirai who had the stature to command a national following.
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Bishops from Manicaland who were arranging for talks between the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change said they would oppose any move in which ZANU-PF would swallow the MDC like it had done to the Zimbabwe African People’s Union in 1987.
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National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku survived an arson attack six years ago when unknown people sprinkled gasoline from his front gate to the garage and set it on fire around 12.30 in the morning.
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President Robert Mugabe did not want to talk to Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai way back in 2003 for three major reasons.
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Former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell said democratic forces in Zimbabwe should remain steadfast against government repression because time was on their side as the country’s economic collapse sapped the government’s ability to crack down on them.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was cheated by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front when it assured him that the MDC would be allowed to campaign freely in the local government elections if his party agreed not to boycott President Robert Mugabe’s opening of parliament.
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The National Constitutional Assembly constitution had to be amended to allow Lovemore Madhuku to contest despite existing term limits raising concerns among the organisation’s supporters about the “anti-democratic” implications of the move.
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