THE opposition MDC will tomorrow wrap up the restructuring
of its branches, as well as reducing the party’s administrative provinces from
12 to 10 in line with the country’s local government structures.
The party’s organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, said the
party would move on to restructure its wards next week after completing the
configuration of its branches tomorrow.
“We are finalising the restructuring of our branches on
Sunday (tomorrow) and after that we move on to wards, districts and finally
provinces,” Chibaya said.
“Everything is moving on well and I am sure we will
complete all the processes ahead of the main congress to be held in May. At the
moment, there are no glitches. In our process, we encourage consensus between
nominated parties and proceed to elections if there is no agreement.”
Party leader Nelson Chamisa last month slated the congress
for May 24-26 amid pressure from some party members, who were challenging his
legitimacy, alleging that he had gone beyond the mandated one year period as
leader without going to congress.
Chamisa took over the reins of the party last year after
the death of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai on February 14 last year. He
contested the July 30 elections, where he lost narrowly to President Emmerson
Mnangagwa.
The youthful leader is likely to be challenged by party
secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.
Chibaya said the party was also moving to amalgamate
Midlands North and South as well as Chitungwiza and Harare, so that it aligns
the party’s 12 administrative provinces to the country’s 10 Local Government
structures as provided for in the party’s 2014 constitution.
“Today (yesterday), I am holding joint meetings between
Midlands North and South to join them into one administrative province. Work is
also in progress to join Harare and Chitungwiza. All is on course and we are
not stopping at anything. Next weekend, there will be a provincial assembly in
Masvingo that will be attended by the president,” he said. Newsday
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