In February 2006 at a Congress of the breakaway faction Movement for Democratic Change, Mutambara was elected as president of the party. Commenting on the election, Mutambara said, "My position was that the MDC should have boycotted those Senate elections.
In February 2006, during a gathering of the breakaway faction Movement for Democratic Change, Mutambara was chosen as the party's leader. He expressed his opinion that the MDC should have boycotted the Senate elections.