THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance leadership in Harare province is sweating over the turmoil that has engulfed party structures in the capital with accusations and counter-accusations of defections to Thokozani Khupe’s MDC.
This comes as the MDC has been consumed by its senseless
ructions ever since its muchloved founding father Morgan Tsvangirai died from
colon cancer in February 2018.
The party’s infighting escalated after the Supreme Court’s
judgment earlier this year which upheld last year’s ruling by the High Court
that nullified Chamisa’s ascendancy to the leadership of the country’s biggest
opposition party.
In a communiqué after its monthly provincial executive
committee held in Harare on Tuesday, the MDC Alliance blamed Khupe and the ruling party for the
mayhem in several constituencies in the province for allegedly choosing the
capital city “as the battlefield for its protracted war of attrition against”
the Chamisa faction.
“The committee also noted reports of disharmony and
instability within party structures in Harare East constituency, Budiriro
constituency and Southerton constituency.
“The committee mandated the provincial organising committee
to urgently set up teams that will visit Harare East, Southerton and Budiriro
constituencies in order to deal with the issues of disharmony and instability
in the party structures in the respective
constituencies,” reads the communiqué.
“The committee further noted that the protracted war of
attrition by Zanu PF and its allies against the MDC Alliance had resulted in
the illegal recalls of 10 MPs in Harare province and 21 councillors … so far,”
the party alleged. This also comes amid hostilities over allegations that the
MDC Alliance elections directorate had approved unqualified candidates to
contest the Highfield West primary election last Sunday.
It also comes as the party’s leadership stands accused of
overlooking the alliance agreement which allows the group that came up with one
of the coalition’s deputies, Welshman Ncube, to field candidates unopposed for some parliamentary seats.
The provincial leadership also expressed concern over the
alleged “arbitrary arrests of MDC Alliance MPs and councillors as well as party
leaders and activists in Harare province by the Zimbabwe Republic Police and auxiliary State security agents”.
In that light, according to the communiqué, the committee
resolved that the party should organise and galvanise its structures in all
constituencies in the province.
“The committee mandated the provincial organising committee
to come up with a programme with timelines to urgently rejuvenate all party
structures in all the 29 constituencies in the province in order to effectively
defend the party against the protracted
war of attrition by Zanu PF and its allies.
“The committee also resolved to put in place a formidable
political campaign strategy, including rolling out an intensive voter
registration campaign in all wards and constituencies in order to reclaim all
vacant seats in Harare province during
the forthcoming by-elections,” it read further. Daily News
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