- Title: ZIMBABWE: Morgan Tsvangirai vows to rebuild economy
- Date: 28th July 2013
- Summary: CHITUNGWIZA, ZIMBABWE (JULY 28, 2013) (REUTERS) SUPPORTERS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) WAITING FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VARIOUS OF PARTY SUPPORTERS BEING ENTERTAINED PARTY SUPPORTERS WAVING AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS PARTY SUPPORTER DANCING MORE OF PARTY SUPPORTERS WAVING, CHEERING MDC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI ARRIVING AT RALLY AND GREETING PEOPLE, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE WOMAN DANCING AND WAVING MORE OF TSVANGIRAI ARRIVING TWO WOMEN CHANTING AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN CLOSE OF CROWDS' ARMS UP IN THE AIR, WAVING TSVANGIRAI WALKING ON TO STAGE WOMAN DANCING, CROWDS SEATED BEHIND HER (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PARTY, AND PRIME MINISTER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SAYING: "When you give me the mandate, when you elect Morgan Tsvangirai and his team we start the process of rebuilding the country. The first issue we want to tell you as MDC is that we believe in the unity of the people of Zimbabwe, we believe in peace, we believe in inclusiveness, we believe that Zimbabweans have a right to decide their own destiny - that is the Zimbabwe we want to build." CLOSE OF WOMAN'S FACE MORE OF SUPPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE PARTY, AND PRIME MINISTER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SAYING: "What we want to do is to build and not to destroy, what we want to do is to make sure that we focus on the issues affecting these people and not to pursue triviality." VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) HEAD OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE PARTY, AND PRIME MINISTER, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SAYING: "I am saying we should welcome investors, local and international and not to harass them - stop this racist position." SUPPORTERS LISTENING SUPPORTERS WAVING
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- Location: Zimbabwe
- Country: Zimbabwe
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), told thousands of supporters on Sunday (July 28) that he would work to rebuild the country and encourage foreign investment.
Tsvangirai, 61, is campaigning ahead of Wednesday's (July 31) elections.
It is his third attempt to unseat 89-year-old Mugabe who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980.
"When you give me the mandate, when you elect Morgan Tsvangirai and his team we start the process of rebuilding the country. The first issue we want to tell you as MDC is that we in the unity of the people of Zimbabwe, we believe in peace, we believe in inclusiveness, we believe Zimbabwe has a right to decide their own destiny, that is the Zimbabwe we want to build," he said.
Tsvangirai told his supporters at a stadium in Harare that it was time for Mugabe's regime to go, promising to bring back the rule of law in the country slapped by international sanctions.
"What we want to do is to build and not to destroy, what we want to do is to make sure that we focus on issues affecting this people and not to pursue triviality," he said.
He blamed Mugabe's regime for the lack of foreign investment in the country saying the country was hard hit because of poor government policy.
"I am saying we should welcome investors, local and foreign and not to harass them, stop this racism positions," said Tsvangirai
Tsvangirai has been part of a power-sharing government after the disputed 2008 polls which were marred by violence and intimidation by Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.:
In 2008, the election commission announced presidential election results after five weeks, which showed Tsvangirai had beaten Mugabe but not by enough votes to avoid a run-off.
His MDC said ZEC had cooked the figures to keep Mugabe in office, and Tsvangirai went on to occupy the prime minister's post in a power-sharing government.
Tsvangirai will address his last major rally on Monday.
On Sunday, Mugabe warned Tsvangirai that he would be arrested if he claimed victory before official results were announced in Wednesday's election. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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