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"Mujuru stole my name"- Chiseri
05 Mar 2017 at 08:35hrs | Views
Amos Chiseri who claims to be a founder of another National People's Party has accused Joice Mujuru of allegedly stealing the name of his party.
Mujuru recently announced that her party has since been renamed as the National People's Party changing from being Zimbabwe People First the name which was being fought for against her by founding members and ousted elders Didymas Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo.
Earlier at the formation of the ZimPF, another opposition leader of the ZimFirst Party Maxwell Shumba accused Mujuru of stealing his party name.
"I have learnt with dismay and concern that the wife of the late General Solomon Mujuru has adopted my party name for her fragmented outfit formerly known as ZimPF. Let me categorically clarify that National People's Party, (NPP) was formed in 1994 and latter joined a coalition with Tekere's ZUM in the 1995 elections. The party was never dissolved and we have no plans to fold up in the near future," he said through a statement.
"The new move by Mai Mujuru is shocking as she is well aware of our existence. Taking our name without even consulting us was a deliberate malicious move which will not go unchallenged."
Chiseri said his NPP is in the process of making overtures to political parties in CODE with an intention of joining the coalition ahead of the 2018 plebiscite.
"We have also scheduled a meeting with Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC T in a bid to join a coalition of opposition parties. Mai Mujuru's stunt compromise our party in these coalition talks," he said.
"We are giving Mai Mujuru and her team 14 days to find a new name or we drag them to courts. We advise our party members and partners to remain focused and not to be shaken by these machinations of our detractors which are aimed at destabilizing our party."
Mujuru recently announced that her party has since been renamed as the National People's Party changing from being Zimbabwe People First the name which was being fought for against her by founding members and ousted elders Didymas Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo.
Earlier at the formation of the ZimPF, another opposition leader of the ZimFirst Party Maxwell Shumba accused Mujuru of stealing his party name.
"I have learnt with dismay and concern that the wife of the late General Solomon Mujuru has adopted my party name for her fragmented outfit formerly known as ZimPF. Let me categorically clarify that National People's Party, (NPP) was formed in 1994 and latter joined a coalition with Tekere's ZUM in the 1995 elections. The party was never dissolved and we have no plans to fold up in the near future," he said through a statement.
"The new move by Mai Mujuru is shocking as she is well aware of our existence. Taking our name without even consulting us was a deliberate malicious move which will not go unchallenged."
Chiseri said his NPP is in the process of making overtures to political parties in CODE with an intention of joining the coalition ahead of the 2018 plebiscite.
"We have also scheduled a meeting with Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC T in a bid to join a coalition of opposition parties. Mai Mujuru's stunt compromise our party in these coalition talks," he said.
"We are giving Mai Mujuru and her team 14 days to find a new name or we drag them to courts. We advise our party members and partners to remain focused and not to be shaken by these machinations of our detractors which are aimed at destabilizing our party."
Source - Byo24News
