Zimbabwe opposition leader seeks dialogue on economic crisis
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Oct 2018) Zimbabwe's opposition leader on Tuesday said the country has been "sent on a free for all" as it deals with a worsening economic crisis amid shortages of basic items such as drugs and fuel. Nelson Chamisa, who narrowly lost July's election, accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of excessive borrowing and lacking ideas to solve Zimbabwe's biggest crisis in a decade. The MDC party leader said the situation was "dire" with queues of up to a kilometre building up at fuel stations. He also questioned the validity of the election in July and called for the Zimbabwe to "go back on the path to legitimacy". A ruling Zanu-PF party official, Paul Mangwana, said a dialogue with the opposition can only commence if Chamisa accepts Mnangagwa's victory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b950035c34c42c15d8f9eaad74b6c598
