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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the court during his treason trial that he did not plot to assassinate President Robert Mugabe.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told the British more than a decade ago that winning an election was very different from winning power.

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Lovemore Moyo made history when he was elected Speaker of Parliament in August 2008, breaking the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front stranglehold over the past 28 years. Though he was acting chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change, Moyo was little known though he had played key roles in the formation of the Open Forum, Forum Party of Zimbabwe and Imbovhane Yamahlabezulu before joining the Movement for Democratic Change at its formation. There are 29 cables that mention his name. Here they are.

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The United States embassy in Harare was worried that acting secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Isidore Zindoga, who was suspected of being either a member of the Central Intelligence Organisation or the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front might cut off ties between the labour movement and the Movement for Democratic Change if he was elected secretary general.

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Air Force commander Perrence Shiri denied that the Movement for Democratic Change had asked him to help engineer a coup against President Robert Mugabe.

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Although presidential elections were just a year away, the United States embassy in Harare was so convinced that President Robert Mugabe would not just go away and mapped out strategies to deal with him and recommended action that the new United States government under George Bush should take.

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Justice Paddington Garwe ruled that the certificate issued by Nicholas Goche, Minister of State Security, claiming that information on the operations of the Central Intelligence Organization was privileged, was valid but the certificate did not exempt CIO boss Happyton Bonyongwe from answering questions on his role in the destruction of the payment vouchers.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai said twelve years ago the military was one of the major influences on President Robert Mugabe, with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and regional leaders being the other two, so all three had to turn against him to force Mugabe to leave the scene.

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Lawyers for Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, secretary general Welshman Ncube and legislator Renson Gasela, who were facing treason charges for allegedly plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, were confident that their clients would be acquitted.

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The Movement for Democratic Change came under fire for fumbling along without any sense of urgency or direction.

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