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Zanu-PF official leaks party's constitution position paper to MDC formations
28 Oct 2011 at 04:01hrs | Views
TWO Zanu-PF representatives in Copac are trading accusations over leaking the party's constitution position paper to the MDC formations.
Edward Chindori-Chininga, who was sacked by the party as the Copac stakeholders chairperson for the offence, is now demanding reinstatement, The Herald reported.
He said it was in fact his accuser, Copac co-chairperson Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, who leaked the document.
Zanu-PF has since recommended Politburo member Lazarus Dokora to replace Chindori-Chininga.
Mangwana wrote to Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa early this month insinuating that Chindori-Chininga, had leaked the document.
Chindori-Chininga was fired on the basis of the letter.
But he has written his own version of events to Mutasa, saying he conducted investigations and discovered that Mangwana was the one to blame.
He said Mangwana leaked the document on October 4, 2011 at Pandari Lodge, where the Copac co-chairpersons, together with constitutional experts, were expected to develop and agree on the constitutional framework.
Chindori-Chininga said Mangwana leaked the document to Mr Edward Mkhosi (MDC) who in turn showed it to his counterpart Mr Douglas Mwonzora of MDC-T. "It is obvious that Hon Mangwana, instead of restricting himself to the cleaned up document on the constitutional framework that he sent to Politburo, gave his co-chair counterparts the Zanu-PF constitutional framework," he said in the letter to Mutasa.
Chindori-Chininga said when the other co-chairpersons saw the document, they accused Mangwana of writing the constitution before the drafting stage.
He said Zanu-PF Select Committee members always objected to Mangwana's handling of sensitive Copac issues alone without support from other party members.
In a letter to Mutasa early this month, Mangwana said Chindori-Chininga was not co-operating with other Zanu-PF Copac members. "I received a report from my PA that Chindori-Chininga had refused to co-operate saying 'matanga vanhu veZanu-PF kuita zvinhu pasina veMDC'," he said.
"I then instructed my PA not to send the document (to Chindori-Chininga), which to me was a very strategic document."
Mangwana said Chindori-Chininga later got the document from Goodwills Masimirembwa, one of the Zanu-PF experts working on the new constitution.
He said Olivia Muchena convened a caucus meeting to discuss the development.
Mangwana yesterday said he would not react to the allegations made by Chindori-Chininga since it was being handled by seniors in the party. He said Zanu-PF had since written to its chief whip, Joram Gumbo, for him to inform House of Assembly Speaker Mr Lovemore Moyo of the new development.
Mr Moyo is responsible for appointing members into Copac.
Edward Chindori-Chininga, who was sacked by the party as the Copac stakeholders chairperson for the offence, is now demanding reinstatement, The Herald reported.
He said it was in fact his accuser, Copac co-chairperson Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, who leaked the document.
Zanu-PF has since recommended Politburo member Lazarus Dokora to replace Chindori-Chininga.
Mangwana wrote to Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa early this month insinuating that Chindori-Chininga, had leaked the document.
Chindori-Chininga was fired on the basis of the letter.
But he has written his own version of events to Mutasa, saying he conducted investigations and discovered that Mangwana was the one to blame.
He said Mangwana leaked the document on October 4, 2011 at Pandari Lodge, where the Copac co-chairpersons, together with constitutional experts, were expected to develop and agree on the constitutional framework.
Chindori-Chininga said Mangwana leaked the document to Mr Edward Mkhosi (MDC) who in turn showed it to his counterpart Mr Douglas Mwonzora of MDC-T. "It is obvious that Hon Mangwana, instead of restricting himself to the cleaned up document on the constitutional framework that he sent to Politburo, gave his co-chair counterparts the Zanu-PF constitutional framework," he said in the letter to Mutasa.
Chindori-Chininga said when the other co-chairpersons saw the document, they accused Mangwana of writing the constitution before the drafting stage.
He said Zanu-PF Select Committee members always objected to Mangwana's handling of sensitive Copac issues alone without support from other party members.
In a letter to Mutasa early this month, Mangwana said Chindori-Chininga was not co-operating with other Zanu-PF Copac members. "I received a report from my PA that Chindori-Chininga had refused to co-operate saying 'matanga vanhu veZanu-PF kuita zvinhu pasina veMDC'," he said.
"I then instructed my PA not to send the document (to Chindori-Chininga), which to me was a very strategic document."
Mangwana said Chindori-Chininga later got the document from Goodwills Masimirembwa, one of the Zanu-PF experts working on the new constitution.
He said Olivia Muchena convened a caucus meeting to discuss the development.
Mangwana yesterday said he would not react to the allegations made by Chindori-Chininga since it was being handled by seniors in the party. He said Zanu-PF had since written to its chief whip, Joram Gumbo, for him to inform House of Assembly Speaker Mr Lovemore Moyo of the new development.
Mr Moyo is responsible for appointing members into Copac.
Source - HeraldOnline
