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'Zapu ready to work with Mnangagwa faction (Lacoste)' - Gumbo
04 Jul 2017 at 07:34hrs | Views
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has lashed out at the Zapu Matabeleland South Executive member Metthew Sibanda for attacking them (MRP) describing the party as an agent of Zanu PF.
MRP spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said Sibanda's remarks were unfortunate and unfounded.
"MRP as the people's Revolutionary Party has always chosen not to respond or attack any of the Matabeleland parties, simply because we are in the same trenches and they are not our problem," he said.
"It is therefore unfortunate that Zapu's Matabeleland South Executive member Matthew Sibanda has chosen the path of mudslinging and backbiting us. According to the media Sibanda was quoted as having said that MRP is a Government's project meant to disturb the Democratic forces in Zimbabwe. We then wonder which democratic forces is he talking about? Considering the fact that his party, Zapu itself has no democracy. Not only that his party has been rejected by the people. The Party contested in 2013 and got nothing. Also in 2015 when all other opposition parties had boycotted the elections they went ahead and contested against Zanu PF. Still they got nothing not even a single councillor. Therefore our million dollar question is how are we disturbing them?."
He said if there is any Party that is a problem to them it is Zanu PF and all Harare based political parties not Zapu.
"Zapu is an enemy of its own by failing to reform and realise that they cannot penetrate Mashonaland. Instead of joining forces with MRP they are fighting us and that is a bad strategy by Zapu's leadership, mostly whom we consider as elders. They should focus on building Zapu not us," he said.
"It is so much disturbing that Zapu as an opposition party in Matabeleland sees it fit to demonize the Mthwakazi Restoration Agenda. Not only that Zapu saw it fit to join forces with the architects of our problems in Matabeleland and come back trying to grand stand over nothing. As MRP we didn't expect that from a seasoned party like Zapu, in fact is shows dwarfism and political immaturity at its worst."
"We are aware of Zapu's desperation for attention to the extent that the party is even ready to work with a Lacoste faction in Zanu PF which is led by the chief Gukurahundist, but we have chosen to keep silent and let them try whatever they can to survive in the political arena."
He said the Stone that the builders rejected has become the Chief corner stone of the building".
"Zapu rejected us and they are bitter about our achievements so far ever since we entered the mainstream politics. During the days when some of us as MRP leaders were still in Zapu they never called us Zanu project, in fact it is the people like Mathew Sibanda and his club of failures who frustrated us and misled Dr Dumiso Dabengwa. They treated us like Sunday school children,|" Gumbo said.
"Its now the time to separate boys from men."
MRP spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said Sibanda's remarks were unfortunate and unfounded.
"MRP as the people's Revolutionary Party has always chosen not to respond or attack any of the Matabeleland parties, simply because we are in the same trenches and they are not our problem," he said.
"It is therefore unfortunate that Zapu's Matabeleland South Executive member Matthew Sibanda has chosen the path of mudslinging and backbiting us. According to the media Sibanda was quoted as having said that MRP is a Government's project meant to disturb the Democratic forces in Zimbabwe. We then wonder which democratic forces is he talking about? Considering the fact that his party, Zapu itself has no democracy. Not only that his party has been rejected by the people. The Party contested in 2013 and got nothing. Also in 2015 when all other opposition parties had boycotted the elections they went ahead and contested against Zanu PF. Still they got nothing not even a single councillor. Therefore our million dollar question is how are we disturbing them?."
He said if there is any Party that is a problem to them it is Zanu PF and all Harare based political parties not Zapu.
"Zapu is an enemy of its own by failing to reform and realise that they cannot penetrate Mashonaland. Instead of joining forces with MRP they are fighting us and that is a bad strategy by Zapu's leadership, mostly whom we consider as elders. They should focus on building Zapu not us," he said.
"It is so much disturbing that Zapu as an opposition party in Matabeleland sees it fit to demonize the Mthwakazi Restoration Agenda. Not only that Zapu saw it fit to join forces with the architects of our problems in Matabeleland and come back trying to grand stand over nothing. As MRP we didn't expect that from a seasoned party like Zapu, in fact is shows dwarfism and political immaturity at its worst."
"We are aware of Zapu's desperation for attention to the extent that the party is even ready to work with a Lacoste faction in Zanu PF which is led by the chief Gukurahundist, but we have chosen to keep silent and let them try whatever they can to survive in the political arena."
He said the Stone that the builders rejected has become the Chief corner stone of the building".
"Zapu rejected us and they are bitter about our achievements so far ever since we entered the mainstream politics. During the days when some of us as MRP leaders were still in Zapu they never called us Zanu project, in fact it is the people like Mathew Sibanda and his club of failures who frustrated us and misled Dr Dumiso Dabengwa. They treated us like Sunday school children,|" Gumbo said.
"Its now the time to separate boys from men."
Source - Byo24News
