MDC official resigns

The spokesman for Movement of Democratic Change led by Professor Welshman Ncube, Nhlanhla Dube has reportedly quit his position and resigned from the party, 'The Chronicle' reported on Saturday.

Dube's resignation comes barely a month after two key officials - secretary general Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and vice chairman Frank Chamunorwa - resigned from their positions.

According to the report Dube wrote Prof Ncube a letter saying: "I took the opportunity to speak to these unfortunate circumstances and misplaced political agenda at our last meeting of the national standing committee in Bulawayo. I opened myself up to scrutiny with the hope of initiating debate for purposes of transparently dealing with the allegations.

"Sadly there was no appetite to interrogate these matters then. This callous abuse and character assassination has in the meantime gravely affected my personal space. I'm thus unable to continue serving with a clear conscience amidst the contradictions at play."

Dube said "a lot has been said and insinuated, but by far the most disappointing was the spurious accusation that I have been working covertly in an imaginary group of four members of the party's leadership, organising a rebellion against your continued and future leadership of the party."

He added: "No words can adequately describe my very deep disenchantment with the deeds of those people who I believed shared my passion and vision in our common struggle."

He told Prof Ncube that he believed "taking a back step would allow the party to focus on its important work at hand without unnecessary contradictions and damaging suspicions of fragmentation within the leadership."