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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s chief lawyer Innocent Chagonda, and Nelson Chamisa the party spokesman at the time, were willing to share the Ministry of Home Affairs, which was one of the main outstanding issues stopping the formation of an inclusive government nearly four months after the signing of the Global Political Agreement.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said although the military’s top brass was solidly behind President Robert Mugabe, three quarters of the armed forces were with the MDC.

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A lawyer for the Movement for Democratic Change Innocent Chagonda said the party had decided to enter into an inclusive government with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front because it had now realised that President Robert Mugabe would find ways of maintaining power and would rule until he was “the last man alive in Harare”.

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The Movement for Democratic Change, which embarked on the major restructuring exercise with the appointment of Isaac Maposa as national coordinator, was making a big mistake in assuming that the popularity of the party would translate into electoral triumph in the 2002 presidential elections.

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The Movement for Democratic Change wanted to forge an alliance with the Mujuru faction of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front to prevent President Robert Mugabe’s heir apparent Emmerson Mnangagwa from holding any position of power.

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The United States needed to send an eminent person like its former ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young to encourage President Robert Mugabe to moderate his policies, former Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Welshman Ncube told US acting principal deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Bellamy.

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Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni was recently quoted as saying that Zimbabwe could boost its gross domestic product to $100 billion before 2020. “We can actually achieve a US$100 billion economy before 2020 if we do the right things — it’s feasible in this economy,” he was quoted as saying.

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Senior Movement for Democratic Change official Trudy Stevenson said she did not trust MPs Tafadzwa Musekiwa, Job Sikhala and Learnmore Jongwe and youth leader Nelson Chamisa because they were possibly ZANU-PF plants.

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The British government told Zimbabwe’s attorney-general’s office that it could not give any assistance in a death penalty case.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was opposed to the imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe arguing that they would hurt ordinary Zimbabweans and not the intended target, a cable released by Wikileaks says.

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