MDC-T threaten to rally behind Mliswa

MDC-T members in Mashonaland West Province have threatened to rally behind former Zanu-PF provincial chairman Temba Mliswa and help him retain the Hurungwe West constituency in a by-election scheduled for June 10.

Mliswa, who was recently expelled from Zanu-PF and Parliament alongside former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa for taking President Robert Mugabe to court, wants to contest the by-election as an independent candidate.

He has also filed a court challenge seeking to block the by-elections. MDC-T provincial organising-secretary Wilson Makanyaire said although his party had resolved to boycott the polls citing an uneven playing field, the province had agreed to back Mliswa in order to prevent Zanu-PF from reclaiming the constituency.

Besides the MDC-T, war veterans and traditional leaders in Hurungwe West people have also vowed to stand by Mliswa in the by-election.

They call upon all forces of reason to form a provincial political coalition to reject President Mugabe from his backyard and they must support the candidate who has an advantage over others against Zanu-PF and in this case it is Mliswa, Makanyaire said.

He blasted Zanu-PF officials of unleashing a terror campaign in Hurungwe West ahead of the by-election