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MDC-T rules out joining MDC Alliance over Mugabe donations
05 Aug 2018 at 10:09hrs | Views
THE MDC-T led by former deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe has ruled out prospects of a re-merger with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC in the wake of electoral defeat by the former allies in the just ended national elections.
Khupe and some party loyalists broke away from MDC-T February this year after Chamisa, who was co-vice president, seized control of the party following the death of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai same month.
They failed to win a single parliamentary seat while Chamisa and his coalition partners salvaged 63 from 210 parliamentary seats that were being contested for.
Linda Masarira, spokesperson of the Khupe led MDC, told NewZimbabwe.com Saturday poll defeat was not enough to evoke any thoughts among its leaders to join a bunch of politicians who have broken principle by accepting donations from former President and opposition nemesis Robert Mugabe.
"We are a principled party and we are not moved by being given money by either factions of Zanu PF unlike our erstwhile comrades who have been dining and wining with the other factions of Zanu PF," she said.
Khupe and some party loyalists broke away from MDC-T February this year after Chamisa, who was co-vice president, seized control of the party following the death of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai same month.
Linda Masarira, spokesperson of the Khupe led MDC, told NewZimbabwe.com Saturday poll defeat was not enough to evoke any thoughts among its leaders to join a bunch of politicians who have broken principle by accepting donations from former President and opposition nemesis Robert Mugabe.
"We are a principled party and we are not moved by being given money by either factions of Zanu PF unlike our erstwhile comrades who have been dining and wining with the other factions of Zanu PF," she said.
Source - newzimbabwe
