Chamisa Dismisses Mnangagwa's Conditions For Dialogue

Addressing journalists in Harare, Nelson Chamisa dismissed President Mnangagwa’s condition for dialogue.

Senior Government officials have said Mnangagwa is willing to engage MDC president Nelson Chamisa on any issue except that of legitimacy. However Chamisa said legitimacy is a point of dialogue and the people have been having dialogue with Mnangagwa’s administration through violence. Said Chamisa:

I am not a liar, I will not acknowledge lies. I have said I will not recognise what is not recognisable. There has to be talks, we are ready to talk but we are going to talk about that issue (legitimacy) as a first issue, it is a dialoguing point. Let us agree on that issue, why are you putting conditionalities and why do you want Mr Chamisa to acknowledge you. If you allege that you won the election, why do you want the endorsement of an individual so please tell them to be serious. It is important for the nation to dialogue but I can tell you there has not been any dialogue. If anything, the dialogue that has been there between the citizens and the state is the dialogue of violence.

Chamisa said all stakeholders should participate in the dialogue. He accused Mnangagwa of not being committed to dialogue saying he has approached him to no avail. Despite Chamisa’s claim Mnangagwa is not committed to dialogue, he (Mnangagwa) announced that he was ready to dialogue upon his return from an aborted trip to Davos.

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• Mnangagwa Ready To Talk, On Condition That Chamisa Recognises Him As The Legitimate President

• ‘I Have Written Letters To Mnangagwa Without Reply Before And After Elections’ – Chamisa

• Mnangagwa Willing To Talk To Chamisa On One Pre-condition; Charamba

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