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Ian Kay faces disciplinary action over Tsvangirai comments
01 Oct 2013 at 08:45hrs | Views
Former MDC-T Marondera Central Member of parliament, Ian Kay, faces disciplinary action for allegedly calling for leadership change in the Morgan Tsvangirai led Movement for Democracy. Kay reportedly made the call in an interview with one of the private Zimbabwe daily newspapers.
The newspaper quoted Kay as saying: "This is like a soccer team. If the coach continues losing, there is need for the technical board to sit down and deal with the issue.There is need to plan ahead before the ship sinks and if there is need to change the coach, then let it be."
In a telephone interview with The Zimbabwean, Kay admitted saying some of the statements but denied ever suggesting that Tsvangirai and his immediate lieutenants should go.
"Yes, I said some of the statements but maybe the examples I gave were quoted out of context. I meant that there was need for the party leadership in consultation with grassroots, to conduct an objective postmortem of what transpired at the July 31 election," Kay said.
The media statements resulted in some provincial and district MDC-T members calling for Kay's dismissal from the party.
There was chaos at the MDC-T Mashonaland East Provincial offices last Sunday, when the party district executive convened a meeting to decide on Kay's fate. The meeting was disrupted by some party members who said Kay should not be put before a hearing committee, since some district, provincial and national executive members were also guilty of plotting a coup aimed at dethroning Tsvangirai.
The district meeting intended to recommend to the provincial executive for Kay's suspension from the MDC-T pending appearance before a disciplinary committee. Some of the district, provincial and national executive members present were accused of meeting at Harare's Palm Lodge, where they allegedly plotted to dethrone Tsvangirai for failing to remove Mugabe from power through the ballot.
MDC-T has been riddled with witch-hunst and finger pointing following its dismal performance at the July 31 polls, won by President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF.
Mugabe garnered 61.09 percent of the presidential vote while Tsvangirai got 33.94 percent. Zanu-PF won 197 seats in the National Assembly, MDC-T grabbed 70, MDC got 2 and one seat went to an independent candidate.
The newspaper quoted Kay as saying: "This is like a soccer team. If the coach continues losing, there is need for the technical board to sit down and deal with the issue.There is need to plan ahead before the ship sinks and if there is need to change the coach, then let it be."
In a telephone interview with The Zimbabwean, Kay admitted saying some of the statements but denied ever suggesting that Tsvangirai and his immediate lieutenants should go.
"Yes, I said some of the statements but maybe the examples I gave were quoted out of context. I meant that there was need for the party leadership in consultation with grassroots, to conduct an objective postmortem of what transpired at the July 31 election," Kay said.
The media statements resulted in some provincial and district MDC-T members calling for Kay's dismissal from the party.
There was chaos at the MDC-T Mashonaland East Provincial offices last Sunday, when the party district executive convened a meeting to decide on Kay's fate. The meeting was disrupted by some party members who said Kay should not be put before a hearing committee, since some district, provincial and national executive members were also guilty of plotting a coup aimed at dethroning Tsvangirai.
The district meeting intended to recommend to the provincial executive for Kay's suspension from the MDC-T pending appearance before a disciplinary committee. Some of the district, provincial and national executive members present were accused of meeting at Harare's Palm Lodge, where they allegedly plotted to dethrone Tsvangirai for failing to remove Mugabe from power through the ballot.
MDC-T has been riddled with witch-hunst and finger pointing following its dismal performance at the July 31 polls, won by President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF.
Mugabe garnered 61.09 percent of the presidential vote while Tsvangirai got 33.94 percent. Zanu-PF won 197 seats in the National Assembly, MDC-T grabbed 70, MDC got 2 and one seat went to an independent candidate.
Source - myzim
