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MDC-T warned over infighting
31 Jan 2014 at 12:59hrs | Views
The MDC-T has been warned against a poor handling of its raging succession squabbles, the Zimbabwean reported.
Analysts have forecast flying brickbats at the meeting that comes amid top level public mudslinging and calls for Morgan Tsvangirai to resign as party leader.
Recently, the party's Deputy Treasurer General, Elton Mangoma, openly called on Tsvangirai to step down accusing him of lost credibility and tainting the party brand.
Mangoma's calls for Tsvangirai ouster follows similar cries from the party Treasurer General, Roy Bennett, former organising secretary, Elias Mudzuri and former Marondera central legislator, Ian Kay last year after a heavy MDC-T at the July 31 2013 general elections.
University of Zimbabwe law lecturer, Shakespear Hamauswa, said MDC-T should reinvent and reorganise itself if the party is going to remain relevant.
Said Hamauswa: "If the party is not careful in how it handles the existing squabbles, it risks fading into oblivion." He suggested that the party should adopt the eagle principle of transformation.
He said: "The process is painful but necessary. An eagle removes its old beak and feathers in a very painful way but thereafter, it's as new and ready to face any challenges. That is what the (party) should do."
The party's policy advisor and Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross during a talkshow programme with a local broadcaster said the party would meet to discuss the way forward and consider Mangoma's point of view.
The MDC leader, who lost the elections dismally against his main political contender, President Robert Mugabe in last year's elections, has been rocked by serious controversies in his personal and political life.
Tensions have rocked the party over who will lead it into the election in 2018.
Party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora is on record confirming that the issue of leadership renewal was discussed at previous meetings although there was general consensus that there was no need for an early congress.
Unconfirmed reports roped in the party's secretary general, Tendai Biti as sympathising with the group that wants Tsvangirai to quit, but the former Finance Minister rubbished these reports.
MDC-T is reported to have held a meeting today at Harvest House, but details of the engagement were not immediately available.
Analysts have forecast flying brickbats at the meeting that comes amid top level public mudslinging and calls for Morgan Tsvangirai to resign as party leader.
Recently, the party's Deputy Treasurer General, Elton Mangoma, openly called on Tsvangirai to step down accusing him of lost credibility and tainting the party brand.
Mangoma's calls for Tsvangirai ouster follows similar cries from the party Treasurer General, Roy Bennett, former organising secretary, Elias Mudzuri and former Marondera central legislator, Ian Kay last year after a heavy MDC-T at the July 31 2013 general elections.
University of Zimbabwe law lecturer, Shakespear Hamauswa, said MDC-T should reinvent and reorganise itself if the party is going to remain relevant.
Said Hamauswa: "If the party is not careful in how it handles the existing squabbles, it risks fading into oblivion." He suggested that the party should adopt the eagle principle of transformation.
He said: "The process is painful but necessary. An eagle removes its old beak and feathers in a very painful way but thereafter, it's as new and ready to face any challenges. That is what the (party) should do."
The party's policy advisor and Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross during a talkshow programme with a local broadcaster said the party would meet to discuss the way forward and consider Mangoma's point of view.
The MDC leader, who lost the elections dismally against his main political contender, President Robert Mugabe in last year's elections, has been rocked by serious controversies in his personal and political life.
Tensions have rocked the party over who will lead it into the election in 2018.
Party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora is on record confirming that the issue of leadership renewal was discussed at previous meetings although there was general consensus that there was no need for an early congress.
Unconfirmed reports roped in the party's secretary general, Tendai Biti as sympathising with the group that wants Tsvangirai to quit, but the former Finance Minister rubbished these reports.
MDC-T is reported to have held a meeting today at Harvest House, but details of the engagement were not immediately available.
Source - zimbabwean
