MDC leader
Nelson Chamisa is embarking on a whirlwind countrywide tour meeting structures
to update them on the state of the party and the upcoming congress, which has
been slated for May.
According to
party spokesperson Jacob Mafume, Chamisa’s tour is expected to end mid-March.
The tour is seen as a campaign by Chamisa to drum up support and avoid any
possible challenge at the upcoming congress.
Already, some
structures are falling over each other to endorse Chamisa, who took over from
the late party founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.
“The rationale
behind meeting the structures is that we need to take stock of what is
happening. As you might be aware, a lot has been happening and our members have
been arrested and harassed, property being damaged and we need to take stock of
that,” Mafume said.
“We need, as a
party, to get an appreciation of all that and then map the way forward.
“We have also
announced congress dates through the national council and so the president
needs to give the structures some feedback and the way forward.”
The MDC
spokesperson said they religiously meet with their structures beginning of each
year, adding there is nothing sinister about Chamisa going to meet structures
because he will not be going out alone.
“It is the
beginning of the year and a political party survives like a church. You cannot
pray with people you do not meet. He [Chamisa] is the president of the party,
but he doesn’t go alone on these meetings. He is going with the whole
leadership,” Mafume said.
He said Chamisa
would also take the opportunity to update their structures on their position on
the national dialogue.
Despite calling
for dialogue, MDC has snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advances and the
latter is currently negotiating with little-known parties that failed to make
any significant impact in last year’s harmonised elections.
At the national
dialogue, the parties were ordered, among other things, to find a suitable
convener and to draw up the agenda. Newsday
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