TRANSFORM Zimbabwe (TZ) has pulled out of the MDC Alliance
pact, choosing to go it alone than to dissolve and be part of the grand MDC,
whose congress is to be held later this month.
Seven political parties came together on August 5, 2017 to
form an electoral pact for the 2018 harmonised elections with an understanding
that they would continue with the partnership in forming a government in the
event that they won the elections.
An amalgamation process of the political parties is
underway and two parties, People’s Democratic Party formerly led any Tendai
Biti and the MDC led by Welshman Ncube, have since dissolved and integrated
into the Nelson Chamisa-led mainstream MDC.
In a statement, TZ said they would rather pursue their own
vision at the moment.
“The idea was that if the alliance succeeded in dislodging
(Zanu PF), the parties would form a coalition government in terms of the agreed
criteria; if it did not succeed, the parties would engage to agree on the way
forward,” the statement read.
“It is common cause that the alliance did not succeed to
dislodge the military-backed Zanu PF government and by operation of law, the
alliance was dissolved, with each party reverting to its position prior to
August 5, 2017.
“Negotiations were opened for the amalgamation of the
alliance partners into one political formation. This would entail the alliance
partners dissolving their party structures and joining into one party under the
name and style of MDC.
“The Transform Zimbabwe national executive committee met to
consider the various options and resolved not to participate in the
amalgamation process. It was resolved that the party pursues its founding
vision and continues to champion the cause of democratisation of Zimbabwe
outside the MDC formation.”
The party urged its members not to participate in the
upcoming MDC congress.
During the alliance tenure, many TZ officials were left
disappointed after some of their allocated seats in the agreement were taken up
by the mainstream MDC on the basis that the party had no “numbers”.
Its leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, and another official in
Harare South were left competing with their alliance partners in the fight for
parliamentary seats.
“The Transform Zimbabwe leadership and membership wishes
the MDC well in its upcoming congress and beyond. We remain committed to
co-operate with other pro-democracy forces until we achieve the dream of a
free, democratic, inclusive and transformed Zimbabwe,” the statement further
read. Newsday
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