FORMER Prime Minister, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he would continue to lead the party until the party’s next elective congress in 2016.
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Addressing a Press conference at the party headquarters, Harvest House in Harare, Tsvangirai said he would not succumb to pressure being mounted by some elements within the MDC-T calling on him to step down, saying he would only step down if voted out at congress.
“I don’t intend to stay a day longer beyond my mandate, but I am not going to step down because a newspaper is saying I should step down or because Zanu PF is saying I should step down,” Tsvangirai said.
“If there is need for leadership renewal we don’t suppress it; we actually encourage it. But you don’t just walk up in the streets and say Tsvangirai must go. There are processes that should be instituted and there are forums that will make that decision and one of those key forums is a congress. I was elected at a congress of party delegates in 2011 and the next congress is in 2016.”
Tsvangirai’s remarks follow recent calls by some top party officials, including exiled MDC-T treasurer-general Roy Bennett, pushing for his departure on the
