MDC leader Welshman Ncube has said a grand coalition aimed only at defeating President Robert Mugabe is bound to collapse soon after the elections.

Ncube  said there was “too much obsession with removing Mugabe” from power and “yet there is no clear programme of action afterwards”.

Addressing journalists at Bulawayo Press Club last Thursday, Ncube said there were “too many unknown quantities” in the opposition space, who are keen to grab any opportunity that avails itself.
“That commitment of coming together has been expressed in word and conduct in engaging others. With a background of history, it’s next to impossible to have coalitions on the eve of an election. If you are not able to do it well in advance, at least a year or two before the next election and to try and put up a house in the middle of a thunderstorm, it’s difficult,” he said.

“If all that all we share is to see the back of Zanu PF and President Mugabe, you can sense the problem we have. What has dominated our politics of everyone who is not in Zanu PF is the obsession of removing Mugabe,” Ncube said.

“If we remove him (Mugabe) what do we do afterwards? I believe that if all that binds us is to defeat Mugabe, that coalition won’t survive even if it won (elections). I am afraid of the desperation among other players. That’s not how coalitions are built.” Source: Southern Eye