The Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T yesterday said it was still waiting for
other MDC Alliance partners to complete their internal processes before
deciding whether to integrate into the opposition party.
The MDC Alliance recently made a decision to transform the electoral
coalition of seven parties into one political party. Already, the MDC
led by Welshman Ncube and PDP led by Tendai Biti have been incorporated
into the mainstream opposition party led by Chamisa with their leaders
already part of the top executive.
Ncube and Biti were appointed deputy president and vice-chairperson
respectively, while other senior officials from their parties were also
given senior positions.
Newly-appointed spokesperson of the MDC-T Jacob Mafume said
the other five partners would be taken on board once they completed their
internal processes.
“Their parties are involved in consultations on the way
forward. All positions have not been filled up and there is space in the big
tent. If their members and leaders agree, we will not shut them out. We need
more people and not less as a movement,” Mafume said.
“We need to respect them to do their processes. We cannot
announce them without them consenting or doing their processes. We will get
them in and more as you saw members of NPP are also coming.”
Other MDC Alliance partners include Jacob Ngarivhume’s
Transform Zimbabwe, ZimPF headed by Agrippa Mutambara and Matthias Guchutu’s
Multi-Racial Christian Democrats. nNewsday
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