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Mujuru cause confusion in MDC Renewal
02 Jun 2015 at 06:59hrs | Views
THE fallout between MDC Renewal Team secretary-general Tendai Biti and treasurer-general Elton Mangoma is alleged to have escalated after the former Finance minister made overtures to rope in former Vice-President Joice Mujuru into the opposition parties' proposed grand coalition, NewsDay reported.
Mujuru, who was kicked out of both the ruling Zanu-PF and government late last year on allegations of plotting to dethrone President Robert Mugabe, has been linked to a grouping going by the moniker People First which of late, has been holding informal discussions with some MDC Renewal Team officials aimed at forming a grand coalition.
"There are also people within the party who have been negotiating with the group known as People First without consultations and behind our backs," Mangoma told NewsDay last week after he was assaulted by party activists believed to be aligned to Biti.
"This is being done in the context of two diametrically opposed visions that have emerged within the party and that are increasingly proving to be irreconcilable. As I speak, extensive consultations are underway, as to the way forward within and outside the party," Mangoma said.
MDC Renewal party spokesperson Jacob Mafume denied that the party had had any contact with People First.
But People First spokesperson Rugare Gumbo insisted officials from the two political outfits had met to find a "common position".
"Yes, we have been in touch, we are just trying to come together and finding ways of presenting a common position," Gumbo said.
Mujuru, who was kicked out of both the ruling Zanu-PF and government late last year on allegations of plotting to dethrone President Robert Mugabe, has been linked to a grouping going by the moniker People First which of late, has been holding informal discussions with some MDC Renewal Team officials aimed at forming a grand coalition.
"There are also people within the party who have been negotiating with the group known as People First without consultations and behind our backs," Mangoma told NewsDay last week after he was assaulted by party activists believed to be aligned to Biti.
MDC Renewal party spokesperson Jacob Mafume denied that the party had had any contact with People First.
But People First spokesperson Rugare Gumbo insisted officials from the two political outfits had met to find a "common position".
"Yes, we have been in touch, we are just trying to come together and finding ways of presenting a common position," Gumbo said.
Source - newsday
