They said they would accept the decision taken by founding
president, Dr Philip Chiyangwa, who remains the signatory to the AAG accounts.
Last week, Dr Chiyangwa dissolved the AAG presidium with Mr
Scott Sakupwanya taking over the reins from Mr Chimombe.
Mr Chimombe and his executive claimed they did not receive
any formal communication from Dr Chiyangwa about their expulsion saying they
only knew of the development through the media.
“We are here to respond to the dissolution of AAG executive
led by Mr Chimombe. We only say the
dissolution was made through the media. We
have never received any formal communication to date.”
Speaking at a media conference in Harare recently outgoing
vice president responsible for operations, Mr Munyaradzi Kashambe, said they
respected the decision made by Dr Chiyangwa.
Dr Chiyangwa said the decision was meant to strengthen and
augment the zeal to empower the organisation.
“However, it is a bit of a surprise that an executive that
has gone worldwide can be dissolved without any meeting or formal
communication. It left us with no option, but to accept what Dr Chiyangwa has
done to us.
“We have realised that we cannot fight back or force
ourselves to be part of AAG. This is a decision made by Dr Chiyangwa,” said Mr
Kashambe.
He confirmed that they were going to form a rival outfit
saying consultations with relevant stakeholders were underway.
“We are leaving AAG to come up with a new baby after
consultations with the relevant stakeholders and our national executive.
“We are coming up with a new name that is people centred,
coming from the people, by the people, for the people.
“We want to come up with an empowerment lobby group that
will cater for the people in the rural areas of Zimbabwe and abandon this
elitist organisation,” said Mr Kashambe.
The new lobby, he said, was going to be broad-based with a
national outlook. Herald
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