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In case you missed @nelsonchamisa press statement today, here are the take aways. @mdczimbabwe
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Chamisa: "People want an inclusive comprehensive reform agenda & not the one dictated by one party or one man. They dont want us to be a public relations scheme on behalf of the incumbent being a side kick enjoying and wasting tax payer's resources..."
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Chamisa: "I promised them (people) that we will give peace a chance & we will continue to pursue genuine dialogue requiring dialogue that is bankable, credible & irreversible."
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Chamisa : "Zimbabweans needs food on their table, they need a roof over their heads, jobs for all, they want decent wages, they want their dignity back & also want the real dollar in their pocket."
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Chamisa: "A revolution is a decision. Anger is growing across the whole country. Anger is going to be a catalyst & fertiliser to a revolution. The young people are frustrated. They are angry because their future is being stolen." @nelsonchamisa @mdczimbabwe
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Chamisa:"In all the meetings i have attended around the country, i listened to the people's desires & wishes & as MDC we have one message, Restore Our Country to legitimacy. Let us have a people's government."
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Chamisa: "Corruption is at the centre of our political instability. The first form of corruption is the corruption at elections. Mr @edmnangagwa
& his team were very corrupt in how they entered into the holes & anals of authority & responsibility in this country."
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Chamisa : "So corruption is the big issue including the corruption of elections that we continue to see even in the by-elections that are taking place across the whole country."
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Chamisa on Constitutional Amendments: "Mr Mnangagwa is doing what Mr Mugabe could not even do. Taking our country back to Rhodesia, taking our country back to Smith regime, taking our country back to colonialism by introducing a validation & consolidation of authorizatarianism."

Chamisa on Forex transactions: "Government is transacting in the US dollar. Mr Mnangagwa is carrying US dollars in his pocket & so is everyone in government. So we don't want to live a lie.This is part of the biggest challenge our country is facing."@nelsonchamisa
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Chamisa : "We seem to thrive on institutional dishonest & taking lies to be our modus operandi. Why should we pretend that the RTGS is the currency of choice? When in fact the currency of choice is the US dollar. Some of the distortions we are seeing are on account of denial."

Chamisa: "The reality is the US dollar is the currency of choice"
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Chamisa : "If we don't resolve 2018 we cannot have 2023."
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Chamisa: "There has to be a proper election in this country & 2023 is far, we need to resolve this political crisis before 2023."
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Chamisa on protests: "If we are to go out in a million, no gun is effective against the people who are determined & who are resolute about their freedoms. Yes, some may die but at the end of the day when you have an authoritarian regime, that's the price that has to be paid"

Chamisa on MDC fissures: "Our house is not fire. Our house is fire but certainly not on fire. We are vibrant. We are doing a lot to make sure that the team that was elected at congress does its best to achieve results for the people of Zimbabwe. There is no confusion in the MDC."

Chamisa : "We have given peace a chance. They are snubbing our call for dialogue mistaking it for weakness.We are not weak people. But strong people believe in peace & that's why we are giving peace a chance. But they must not take us for granted." @nelsonchamisa
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Chamisa: "There is no turmoil in the MDC. Those who may choose to disembark on this great train, they may do so at their own conscience. In any event this is a big tent, people come in people leave. That's the nature of voluntary organizations.But the party has certainly grown."

Chamisa :"Tsvangirai is proud, wherever he is, of this movement. I can assure that those who have departed know that this party os better than it was."
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Chamisa on MDC councillors: "Our councillors have maintained the highest form of integrity. Had it not been for the MDC you will not have cities. You will have villages & townships. They have a fantastic job."
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Chamisa: "They have not failed the people what has failed the people is the central government. Water, in terms of water act, is the preserve of the President. In fact the President is the honor of water. You can't then blame MDC being the horse pipe..."
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Chamisa:"I'm told the Harare City's budget has not been approved why? Because the minister of local government has not approved that budget. Why should a minister who has no mandate from the residents approve that budget?When they don't approve the budget, they then kill service"