Party officials yesterday failed to respond to media
enquiries on the back of unconfirmed reports that Mwonzora had been suspended
from the party with immediate effect.
The suspension was announced in a letter, whose
authenticity could not be confirmed at the time of going to print, addressed to
Mwonzora dated March 27, 2022 by ZimPF secretary-general and alliance
secretariat co-ordinator, Marakia Bomani.
Mwonzora, however, is scheduled to hold a Press conference
today.
By-elections for the National Assembly and local government
seats were caused mainly by Mwonzora’s recall of officials from a rival
faction, but recriminations of the poor performance were immediate if the
suspension is true, coming before the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced
the full set of results.
Its current Members of Parliament and councillors, including Mwonzora himself,
were elected under the leadership of Nelson Chamisa. The party faces an
uncertain future leading to the 2023 polls.
When contacted for comment, Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd
Damba flatly refused to comment on the election outcome.
“I do not talk to the media, you know that, don’t call me,”
he said.
Analysts are, however, of the view that the by-elections
have left the party exposed.
“The by-elections now confirm who the major political
parties are, the Mwonzora aspect was not going to pull out a lot of votes,”
analyst Vivid Gwede said.
“This shows that he did not have the capacity and as a
viable project his party might be in doubt,” another analyst Prolific Mataruse
said.
Rashweat Mukundu said Zanu PF tried to re-establish
one-party dominance through the backdoor by splitting the opposition.
“That seems to have failed, meaning that we are back to where we were in the past, a political space dominated by two parties. This also marks the beginning of the end of the political career of Mwonzora and unfortunately, the end of the name MDC which is a historic name,” Mukundu said. Newsday
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