MDC Alliance is on a knife edge, as major partner, MDC-T is
demanding that its partners step up and show that they deserve constituencies
they were allocated in the alliance agreement.
Sources in the MDC-T said there was a general outcry in the
party, as it appears that other members of the alliance were failing to step up
and bring supporters to the table.
“the MDC-T is worried that other parties in the alliance
are mere briefcase parties looking to use the brand
MDC-T and Morgan Tsvangirai to get jobs for themselves and
this is not acceptable, we are now demanding that they step up or lose some of
the seats allocated to them,” the source said.
MDC- T vice-president, Elias Mudzuri expressed his disquiet
in a post on Twitter, becoming the highest profile figure to publicly demand
that partners step up.
“While our MDC Alliance rallies are important, the
election-winning formula lies in constituency and ward-based campaign
strategies.
“Our alliance partners also need to be more visible on the
ground to address communities and stakeholders, where they are strong,” he
wrote.
In an effort to address the niggling problem, MDC Alliance
leaders have agreed to split and address
rallies separately, while they also up their mobilisation
tempo.
“It is clear that all rallies so far held by the alliance,
it has been a sea of red, we have the support, but our partners are not being
fair, they are not bringing what they promised to the table, we have tried now
to allow them to also address rallies without having to go where [MDC-T leader,
Nelson] Chamisa goes,” another source said.
The new push is to safeguard parliamentary seats for
alliance principals and members of their executives, while leaving the rest of
the seats to the MDC-T.
The alliance will then contest the polls under MDC-T
colours and logo.
“We think that these guys in the alliance should not
continue complaining about seats allocation as long as the principals and their
executives have seats that should be enough, they are riding on our wave,” a
source claimed.
MDC Alliance spokesperson, Welshman Ncube, however, said
while they were aware of the disgruntlement among members and contests for
council and parliamentary seats, the alliance was stronger than it ever was.
“It is common cause that some parties are stronger and
others are weaker than others, but we are working together, it is a collective
effort to mobilise and win the elections from
council, to Parliament and the presidency.
So we are trying to have conversations with our members
from wards all the way to province so that
they understand the need to work as a collective,” he said.
MDC-T youth leader, Happymore Chidziva, said they were
guided by Tsvangirai’s vision and Chamisa’s wisdom. Newsday
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