This mine worker rose to become the Secretary General of his country's Congress of Trade Unions, and coordinated the "stay-aways" of 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he founded a political party which has opposed the incumbent's land seizures, but cooperated in passing the controversial Constitutional Amendment 18. After the 2002 election, he was arrested and charged with treason, while his 2007 arrest and beating caused international outcry, though he claimed that "the scars hav
This mine worker rose to become the Secretary General of his country's Congress of Trade Unions, and coordinated the "stay-aways" of 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he founded a political party which has opposed the incumbent's land seizures, but cooperated in passing the controversial Constitutional Amendment 18. After the 2002 election, he was arrested and charged with treason, while his 2007 arrest and beating caused international outcry, though he claimed that "the scars have re-energized me." He declared that "democracy is an orphan" in The Guardian, in an article which promised amnesty to his opponent. FTP, name this politician, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, who faces a run-off against ? Robert Mugabe for the presidency of Zimbabwe.
This mine worker rose to become the Secretary General of his country's Congress of Trade Unions, and coordinated the "stay-aways" of 1997 and 1998.
{Morgan Tsvangirai}