Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T released a statement showing that they are open to forming a coalition with other parties. However, they want to partner with parties that have a known electoral base and have contested in elections before. This seems to exclude Tendai Biti‘s People Democratic Party which is yet to contest an election. Joice Mujuru‘s ZimPF and Welshman Ncube‘s MDC would be ideal partners based on their past records.
Tsvangirai said they wanted a coalition that:
…that minimises the unknowns by providing an equitable and scientific and objective basis for approaching the election based on known strengths of political leaders and parties nationally and in given electoral districts
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