'I will quit politics if MDC-T contests by-elections,' says Sikhala

MDC-T National Executive Member Job "Wiwa" Sikhala has vowed he will quit politics if his party reverses its resolution not to contest any elections in the country until some unmentioned electoral reforms are put in place by government.

Taking a $100 bat and putting his political career on the table against prominent Zimbabwean writer Pettina Gappah on Facebook, Sikhala vowed that the MDC T will as a matter of principle not participate in the 17 by elections coming as a result of his party dismissing its Members of Parliament suspected to have defected from the party. Sikhala a former Harare legislator himself also discarded the perception that not only will the MDC-T take part in the by elections but he will be one if the MDC T candidates.

Gappah and Sikhala have made their challenge open for members of the public to monitor.

Petina Gappah, writes, "I am asking my friends to share this post as widely as possible, for accountability. I have bet Job Wiwa Sikhala that not only will the MDC participate in the urban by elections, but Job himself will be a candidate. He says not only will the MDC NOT take part in the by-elections, he will RESIGN from politics if they do. If they take part, he owes me a 100
dollars and a resignation letter."

Job Sikhala writes "I have also thrown my $100 on the betting basket. No one is going to be allowed to play around with our minds on this one.......don't buy Petina Gappah 's poke on the MDC (T) nose. No one is contesting. If I am wrong on this one, I will resign from politics."

The public has reacted with a wait and see interest on the matter. Several have warned Sikhala that his words will come back to haunt him.