BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Martin Moyo said he was forced to
stand as an independent candidate in Ward 3 after he was short-changed by the
Mr Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T faction at the 11th hour in a process that he said
was marred by confusion and punctuated by a homeboy syndrome and deployment of
mafikizolos (johny come late) in the party.
Clr Moyo said certain processes were not followed that
ended up seeing him standing as an independent, yet he was supposed to stand as
a councillor for Ward 3 on an MDC-T ticket under the MDC Alliance banner led by
Mr Chamisa.
“There were certain party processes that were not followed
and I assumed they would be concluded favourably but that was not the case.
There was a lot of hide and seek that took place within the party and things
were not done in a clear manner,” he said.
He went on, “When this confusion came about I could not
secure signatures to take my papers to the Nomination Court under the MDC-T
banner so I ended up standing as an independent candidate. They had signed
papers for their preferred candidate behind my back so I could not stand as the
candidate under the same party that had shown me I was not wanted.”
He bemoaned the fact that there was no communication from
the MDC-T leadership as to why they had fielded a another candidate at the 11th
hour yet he was the official one and had laid his ground work with the party
structures in the same ward.
Clr Moyo, however, professed his loyalty to the party
saying the blip and confusion was a result of some officials with an agenda to
hijack the party for selfish gains. Sunday News
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