MDC-T yesterday inched closer to a monumental split, with
co-vice presidents Engineer Elias Mudzuri and Dr Thokozani Khupe boycotting the
party’s standing committee meeting convened by their counterpart Advocate
Nelson Chamisa.
Eng Mudzuri and Dr Khupe vowed to convene a parallel
standing committee meeting today. MDC-T national chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo, who
of late has been playing low key, also boycotted yesterday’s meeting.
There is a serious fight in the opposition party whose
leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is battling cancer of the colon in a South African
hospital.
Yesterday’s meeting was attended by more than half of the
members. Adv Chamisa has also called for an extraordinary national executive
and national council meeting set for tomorrow (Thursday) which according to
sources is expected to endorse him as acting president of the party.
This come as MDC-T youth assembly convened a press
conference soon after holding a meeting with Mr Chamisa where they attacked
party spokesperson, Mr Obert Gutu, who of late has aligned himself with Mr
Mudzuri.
In an interview yesterday, Mr Mudzuri said he had called
for a standing committee meeting today but slammed Mr Chamisa for calling a parallel
meeting yesterday.
“I have called for a standing committee meeting to be held
tomorrow (Wednesday) but Chamisa counter-called for the same meeting today. I
am the one with the mandate to call for such a meeting as acting president. He
is just being mischiveous. My vision is to unite the party as mandated to me by
president Tsvangirai and my wish is to ensure the attendance of everyone
including Ms Khupe who has not been attending such meetings,” said Mr Mudzuri.
“I will soon be calling for a mediator to find common
ground because we want the party to remain united. We cannot continue to have
this,” Mr Mudzuri said.
Mr Chamisa said tomorrow’s meeting would end the current
bickering in the party.
“We want to get over this bickering and concentrate on
building the party and prepare for general elections. The national council,
which is an organ in-between congress in terms of the party’s constitution
would put an end to this whole issue. It will define the future of the party.
All these issues are now set to be solved on Thursday. The national council is
the decision making organ in between congress,” Mr Chamisa said.
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