conspiracy to undermine my political image in the country.

We want peace in this country and we want national healing,

Mugabe has pushed his luck too far in terms of fighting the world. There's no way a country can live as an island and the fact that he's been defying both national and international opinion has had an effect on the general feelings within ZANU-PF,

There are people in this country who have been killed, raped and assaulted and we're saying the government must take responsibility,

We are on the winning track. Zimbabwe is on the verge of massive and decisive change.

We arrived at the conclusion that the objective conditions do not exist for meaningful discussion because (Mugabe's party) ZANU-PF is embarking on mass retribution against our members in the rural areas.