'Mwonzora to become MDC President' says ZANU PF leader

MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora is poised to become the next MDC President a top ZANU PF Leader has said.

Lewis Matutu the Secretary for Youth Affairs made the statement on Wednesday amid reports that Mwonzora is being funded by ZANU PF to contest Chamisa for the Presidency.

"Mwonzora likely to become the new MDC Alliance President because majority of Chamisa's hooligans are not in the structures of their party and they don't form part of the congress delegates." Matutu said.

The Congress will be held in May.

In January MDC claimed that the government had set up a $6m war chest to eliminate the party.

Nkululeko Sibanda, spokesperson for Chamisa, said, "There is $6m put aside to destroy the MDC by trying to remove Chamisa from its leadership money will be used to try and prevent him from [contesting] the MDC congress."

Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba was quoted by the media saying government will make sure Chamisa will be contested in the congress.

Senior MDC Officials like Vice President Morgan Komichi and Amos Chibaya have ope nly declared that Chamisa was anointed by Tsvangirai to be the leader of MDC and he will emerge as the leader of the Party.

There is another faction that also wants Vice President Elias Mudzuri to take over as Party President.