Zimbabwe's main 対立 leader hints at stepping aside
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's main 対立 leader on Monday dropped the biggest hint yet he could step 負かす／撃墜する from his party, setting the 行う／開催する／段階 for an 選挙 シナリオ not 証言，証人／目撃するd since 2002.
Morgan Tsvangirai, who is 戦う／戦いing 結腸 癌, has led the MDC-T party since its 形式 in 1999. A popular 人物／姿／数字, he became 首相 between 2009 and 2013 in a まとまり 政府 after he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 then-大統領 Robert Mugabe in a 2008 選挙 but without enough 投票（する）s to 避ける a second 一連の会議、交渉／完成する. He ボイコット（する）d the runoff, 主張するing 軍の-led 暴力／激しさ against his 支持者s.
In a 声明, Tsvangirai said he is "looking at the 切迫した prospects of us as the older 世代 leaving the levers of leadership to 許す the younger 世代 to take 今後 this 抱擁する 仕事."
Zimbabwean 大統領 Emmerson Mnangagwa, 権利, 会談 to Morgan Tsvangirai, the main 対立 leader in Zimbabwe, during a visit to his 住居 in Harare, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Mnangagwa said Tsvangirai is 回復するing 井戸／弁護士席 to 治療 who is 戦う／戦いing 結腸 癌. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
If he retires, as is 広範囲にわたって 推定する／予想するd, this year's 大統領の 選挙 will be the first without a duel between Tsvangirai and Mugabe since 2002. Only a few months ago both 主張するd they would stand in the 選挙.
The 93-year-old Mugabe 辞職するd in November under 圧力 from the 軍の and the 与党 まっただ中に 恐れるs that his 人気がない wife was positioning herself to 後継する him in 力／強力にする.
New 大統領 Emmerson Mnangagwa last week met with Tsvangirai, whose health appeared to have 悪化するd.
"We must 認める the imperative that new 手渡すs, with the 十分な blessing of the people, must take this struggle and this country 今後 with the 目的地 remaining the same," said Tsvangirai, who has routinely traveled to 隣接地の South Africa for 治療 since 2016.
