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Tsvangirai's marital status is 'a purely private issue': Mwonzora
28 Nov 2011 at 10:03hrs | Views
MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said the hullaballoo over the PM Morgan Tsvangirai's marital status was unjustified. He said the party was treating the matter as "a purely private issue".
"We are treating this as a purely private issue. We believe that the people involved, the president (Tsvangirai) and the lady, really deserve privacy and we are content with the fact that when the right time comes, an announcement will be made. We don't think the hullaballoo is justified," said Mwonzora.
"We noticed as a party that none of the people who are supposed to have been married have said anything about the issue, so we await the official announcement," he said.
"We had a routine caucus meeting (last week). It was not called to discuss that issue and the president assured us that he would make an announcement when the time comes," said Mwonzora.
The Tsvangirai-Tembo saga has reportedly divided the MDC-T amid reports knives were out for the party's women assembly boss, Theresa Makone, who is accused of overly influencing the PM.
The MDC-T officials yesterday said even the Premier's relatives were not amused by the manner the matter was being handled, particularly Makone's alleged involvement.
They accused her of harbouring a sinister motive.
Makone is the Home Affairs co-minister and her husband Ian is Tsvangirai's adviser and close confidant.
"We are treating this as a purely private issue. We believe that the people involved, the president (Tsvangirai) and the lady, really deserve privacy and we are content with the fact that when the right time comes, an announcement will be made. We don't think the hullaballoo is justified," said Mwonzora.
"We noticed as a party that none of the people who are supposed to have been married have said anything about the issue, so we await the official announcement," he said.
"We had a routine caucus meeting (last week). It was not called to discuss that issue and the president assured us that he would make an announcement when the time comes," said Mwonzora.
The MDC-T officials yesterday said even the Premier's relatives were not amused by the manner the matter was being handled, particularly Makone's alleged involvement.
They accused her of harbouring a sinister motive.
Makone is the Home Affairs co-minister and her husband Ian is Tsvangirai's adviser and close confidant.
Source - ND
