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MDC-T sets conditions for engagement
26 Sep 2013 at 05:57hrs | Views
MDC-T Bulawayo provincial chairperson Gorden Moyo says his party would only work with Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi Moyo if she facilitates the implementation of devolution of power according to the Constitution.
President Robert Mugabe was accused of circumventing the Constitution that scraps provincial governors by appointing provincial affairs ministers for the country's 10 provinces.
Sandi Moyo was appointed for Bulawayo alongside Cain Mathema for Matabeleland North and Abednico Ncube for Matabeleland South. MDC-T won all 29 Bulawayo council seats and Moyo said his party hoped the "provincial ministers are there for implementation because most of them are members of the metropolitan and provincial councils".
"We hope they are going to facilitate and not frustrate devolution and give the people a voice," he said. "We hope they will participate effectively in the reindustrialisation of Bulawayo."
Moyo, who is also the Makokoba MP, said anything outside the implementation of devolution would be interpreted as usurping of the powers of the Constitution and the will of the people.
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo also pledged to work with Sandi Moyo towards the development of the city adding that it did not matter which party she belonged to.
"Bulawayo is 100% MDC-T and we now have the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs who happens to be from Zanu PF," the mayor said. "I'm sure that we will have the same objective to see Bulawayo grow.
"Personally, I pledge to co-operate fully with the new minister and ensure that we make a combined effort in the development of our city. It is not important which party one comes from; the objective is to build Bulawayo."
Sandi Moyo declined to talk to Southern Eye citing a story the paper carried in which some senior Zanu PF members from Bulawayo protested her appointment.
The officials had said Mugabe should have reserved the post for former PF Zapu members and alleged Sandi Moyo had jumped ship before the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord.
"What do you want from me?" Sandi Moyo said. "Isn't you have written what you want with your people? Wena mfana, wena mfana lingabodlala ngami libhala izinto elingazaziyo."
When told that she had not been reachable on her phone for comment and Southern Eye sought a comment from the provincial Zanu PF political head Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Sandi Moyo charged: "Am I spoken for? Am I a child? You should stop abusing me," she added.
President Robert Mugabe was accused of circumventing the Constitution that scraps provincial governors by appointing provincial affairs ministers for the country's 10 provinces.
Sandi Moyo was appointed for Bulawayo alongside Cain Mathema for Matabeleland North and Abednico Ncube for Matabeleland South. MDC-T won all 29 Bulawayo council seats and Moyo said his party hoped the "provincial ministers are there for implementation because most of them are members of the metropolitan and provincial councils".
"We hope they are going to facilitate and not frustrate devolution and give the people a voice," he said. "We hope they will participate effectively in the reindustrialisation of Bulawayo."
Moyo, who is also the Makokoba MP, said anything outside the implementation of devolution would be interpreted as usurping of the powers of the Constitution and the will of the people.
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo also pledged to work with Sandi Moyo towards the development of the city adding that it did not matter which party she belonged to.
"Personally, I pledge to co-operate fully with the new minister and ensure that we make a combined effort in the development of our city. It is not important which party one comes from; the objective is to build Bulawayo."
Sandi Moyo declined to talk to Southern Eye citing a story the paper carried in which some senior Zanu PF members from Bulawayo protested her appointment.
The officials had said Mugabe should have reserved the post for former PF Zapu members and alleged Sandi Moyo had jumped ship before the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord.
"What do you want from me?" Sandi Moyo said. "Isn't you have written what you want with your people? Wena mfana, wena mfana lingabodlala ngami libhala izinto elingazaziyo."
When told that she had not been reachable on her phone for comment and Southern Eye sought a comment from the provincial Zanu PF political head Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Sandi Moyo charged: "Am I spoken for? Am I a child? You should stop abusing me," she added.
Source - southerneye
