This is an attempt to attack the opposition, but it should be seen as a wider assault on all the democratic forces in the country.

We cannot continue talking about a way forward when we know the way forward is to change the constitution.

They are not real charges. I don't think in the real world you can charge people with treason and then let them go free. I don't think that has ever happened.

It would be foolhardy for either faction to believe it can overshadow the other and if they do not try to re-unite before the next elections they will certainly lose against Mugabe.

This is a disastrous amendment bill,

I think for some time we will continue to see these two political groups operating separately, and it leaves the future of opposition politics very uncertain.