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Khaya Moyo accuses Dabengwa for being an impostor
22 Dec 2011 at 06:51hrs | Views
Dumiso Dabengwa was accused of being a Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) impostor by his former Zapu colleage and Zanu-PF chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo because Dabengwa had declared that the unity pact between Zanu-PF and Zapu was dead because Zanu-PF kills for votes.
"The unity accord is irreplaceable. Dabengwa is not a signatory to the unity accord, he has no authority to talk about the unity agreement because the people who signed it did not revoke their signatures to it," said Moyo.
"The unity accord was endorsed by the congresses of the two parties, so whoever says it is dead does not speak for any of the congresses," Moyo said.
However, Dabengwa says those former Zapu members who are still in Zanu-PF are misleading the nation and do not represent Nkomo's interests.
"There are some people who are still in Zanu-PF who are going around lying using Nkomo's name. They are lying that Nkomo told them to stay united with Zanu-PF even when people are being killed and Zapu members being neglected," he said at Zapu's 50th anniversary celebrations last week.
The former senior Zapu members who are still in Zanu-PF include Vice President John Nkomo, Simon Khaya-Moyo, Cain Mathema, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu and deputy senate President Naison Ndlovu.
Zanu-PF and Zapu emerged from the country's war of liberation as two different parties but President Robert Mugabe ordered an armed assault known as Gukurahundi on the Matabeleland and Midlands regions where Zapu had most of its supporters.
The gruesome period led to the merger of the two parties in 1987 under what is now known as the Unity Accord which is celebrated every year on December 22 but in October 2008, Zapu withdrew from the party arguing that the agreement no longer holds.
"The unity accord is irreplaceable. Dabengwa is not a signatory to the unity accord, he has no authority to talk about the unity agreement because the people who signed it did not revoke their signatures to it," said Moyo.
"The unity accord was endorsed by the congresses of the two parties, so whoever says it is dead does not speak for any of the congresses," Moyo said.
However, Dabengwa says those former Zapu members who are still in Zanu-PF are misleading the nation and do not represent Nkomo's interests.
"There are some people who are still in Zanu-PF who are going around lying using Nkomo's name. They are lying that Nkomo told them to stay united with Zanu-PF even when people are being killed and Zapu members being neglected," he said at Zapu's 50th anniversary celebrations last week.
The former senior Zapu members who are still in Zanu-PF include Vice President John Nkomo, Simon Khaya-Moyo, Cain Mathema, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu and deputy senate President Naison Ndlovu.
Zanu-PF and Zapu emerged from the country's war of liberation as two different parties but President Robert Mugabe ordered an armed assault known as Gukurahundi on the Matabeleland and Midlands regions where Zapu had most of its supporters.
The gruesome period led to the merger of the two parties in 1987 under what is now known as the Unity Accord which is celebrated every year on December 22 but in October 2008, Zapu withdrew from the party arguing that the agreement no longer holds.
Source - Byo24News
