Now it is Mnangagwa’s turn to miss a meeting
The president failed to attend a meeting organised by Zimbabwe’s churches to mediate talks between him and Nelson Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to attend a meeting organised by Zimbabwe’s churches to mediate talks between him and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. Mnangagwa, who had previously expressed interest in attending, sent his defence minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, to represent him. The president’s no-show was largely seen as a reciprocal move against Chamisa, who on Wednesday snubbed Mnangagwa’s meeting to lay the framework for dialogue with all opposition parties. The two political leaders have not met since the elections in July 2018, which Mnangagwa narrowly won. Chamisa has contested the poll outcome, maintaining that Mnangagwa was an illegitimate leader who rigged the poll. Relations between the two further deteriorated in this year after 12 people died when the military was deployed to squash protests over a fuel increase. Mnangagwa accuses Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of inciting the violent demonstrations while the opposition has criticised the bruta...
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