Speaking in South Africa, he said people would feel "betrayed" if he did not run, and vowed to return within two-days.
Violence has been growing in Zimbabwe since Robert Mugabe and his cronies realised that his arch competitor Tsvangirari won the election, though he didn’t gunner the required 50+1 majority win.
Horrific TV pictures and stories coming out of Zimbabwe is worrying, it shows that the re-run could be one of the ugliest. There is a further claim that the military are poised to shoot to kill any opposition leader who will be in their sights.
The story by the BBC of teachers, who acted as polling officers being beaten and awarded certificate to show they have received beating by the military, with the full knowledge of ZANU-PF officials is the most ridiculous.
He was told to produce it whenever someone else wanted to beat him as proof that it had already been done.
BBC claimed the paper even had a date stamp and the signature of the leader of the group.
I don’t know whether to believe this or not, something tells me its propaganda by the UK media. However, given past raids of opposition offices and crack down on Movement for Democratic Change(MDC) supporters by police, I cannot just brush it off.
To Mugabe and the ‘war veterans’ (Mugabe’s biggest terrorising machinery), letting Tsvangirai rule Zimbabwe is equivalent to allowing the British re-colonise Zimbabwe.
The level of political patronage in the country has been portrayed in the way the National Electoral Commission and the High Court handled the election petition filed by MDC.
What remains to be seen is whether Mugabe will allow full access by international monitors and media as demanded by MDC and it supporters.
President Thabo Mbeki's silent diplomacy has so far failed.
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