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May 17th, 2008
Posted: 10:06 AM ET
(CNN) — Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai canceled his return to Harare from South Africa on Saturday, after receiving information from a “credible source” about a planned assassination, his spokesman said Saturday. A statement released to CNN by George Sibotshiwe (prono: si bote SHE way), with Tsvangirai’s party, the Movement for Democratic Change, said, “We are not in a position to say whether this threat concerns actions of the state or a non-state actor. … The entire leadership of the MDC, leaders of democratic forces within the country and every Zimbabwean is at risk from this brutal regime.” Chen Chimutengwende, Zimbabwe’s minister of public and interactive affairs, accused Tsvangirai of “trying to paint a false picture of what Zaimbabwe and Zimbabwe authorities are like. There is no plot against him and there has never been any plot against him and he knows that.” He called the reports from Tsvangirai’s party “an effort to get sympathy from the international community.” Tsvangirai won more votes than President Robert Mugabe in the presidential election on March 29, but he did not garner enough votes to avoid a runoff, now set for June 27. The MDC contends Tsvangirai won the election with 50.3 percent of the vote, giving him the necessary majority. |
 
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