Tsvangirai Knew That He Was Dying, Appointed Chamisa As His Successor Says Welshman Ncube

The leader of the smaller MDC party, Welshman Ncube has claimed that former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai was realistic enough to know that he was going to die when he realised that he was losing the battle against colon cancer. According to Ncube, Tsvangirai chose Chamisa to take over from him after his eventual death. Speaking to the Standard, Welshman Ncube said:

I got a call during that meeting from Tsvangirai asking me to visit him the following day at his home.

I went to his house; it was a Saturday… that meeting was emotionally draining.In his words, he said let us be realistic, I am losing this battle with cancer and I will not be with you for long.

He said he would not make it and would not be with us during the election campaigns, during elections… I kept telling him not to say such things or ever entertain such thoughts.

I asked how we would go about it when he was not around. He then said ‘I will give you Chamisa to lead the whole process’.

He asked me to assist Chamisa with this important task to give Zimbabweans another fighting chance in the elections, but I said I could not do that unless Chamisa was also told the same.

I called Chamisa and he came and joined us and Tsvangirai said the exact same thing to Chamisa that he had chosen him to lead the MDC-T and MDC Alliance in his absence.

Chamisa subsequently got himself appointed the acting president of the party, a day after Tsvangirai’s death although vice-president Thokozani Khupe and secretary general Douglas Mwonzora condemned the move.

More: The Standard

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