Former MDC Alliance Matabeleland South chairperson Watchy
Sibanda, who had defected to the MDC-T then led by Thokozani Khupe, was
re-admitted into the Nelson Chamisa party last week.
Sibanda resigned from the Mwonzora-led party.
At a meeting held in Gwanda, the Matabeleland South MDC
Alliance provincial executive also welcomed back about 450 members, who had
followed Sibanda to MDC-T.
Ntando Ndlela, MDC Alliance Matabeleland South
spokesperson, told The Standard that Sibanda had brought with him the whole district leadership of
MDC-T in Matobo North.
“Edmore Nkomo, a former leader of our party, who went with
Khupe, has come back and almost all of those who went away with him in Insiza
district are back. “The Chamisa-led party is growing big here and we are so
excited.”
Another bigwig who had gone with Khupe, Mbiyezwe Nare, has
also re-joined MDC Alliance in Gwanda district, Ndlela said.
“We welcome home all these comrades. MDC Alliance is home
for all who seriously want a better Zimbabwe,” he added.
“We are getting ready to take over power from the failed
government of Zanu PF.” He claimed that people in Matabeleland were “fast
seeing that Mwonzora and Khupe are a Zanu PF project”.
Ndlela challenged Mwonzora to try and have a meeting or
mini rally in Matabeleland if he wanted to see that he has no followers in the
region.
“People want change here,” he said. “They want closure to
the unresolved Gukurahundi conflict and cannot stomach all those who support
perpetrators of the genocide,” he said.
“The people are clear the best foot forward in that regard
is president Chamisa.” Mwonzora left the MDC Alliance last year after the
Supreme Court ruled that Chamisa’s succession of MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai
was illegal.
The Manicaland senator beat Khupe for the presidency of the
party at an extraordinary congress in December last year. Standard
0 comments:
Post a Comment