Paranoia grips MDC-Tsvangirai

The paranoiac MDC-T faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai continues to drag everyone in its internal dissension. Douglas Mwonzora, the faction spokesperson accused Zanu Pf, Welshman Ncube and the intelligence operatives of masterminding the formation of a splinter group fronted by Tendai Biti and Elton Mangoma.

The embattled faction has also sucked in its former benefactors, the Western diplomats. The party is alleging that the US and British embassies organised international media such as BBC, CNN and NCA among others, to cover the National Council meeting that suspended Tsvangirai and his five close cronies.

An insider in the renewal faction revealed that his faction had been inundated with congratulatory messages from Western embassies, among them the UK, US, Germany, Norwegian and Australia. The insider revealed that since the suspension and subsequent expulsion of Mangoma, the western embassies have been ceaselessly exerting pressure on the renewal team to cast the dice and announce their departure,  a move that they said would herald the injection of funds from their respective governments.

The insider also said the Tsvangirai faction would be left with the Harvest House only as most of the properties are registered either in the names of Biti, Mangoma and Peter Gwaze or in the companies registered in the names of the same.

In an attempt to evade the restrictions of the Political Party Finances Act, the MDC-T registered some companies, one of which is Laphonic. The foreign donors would inject funds into the MDC-T through that company whose directors are mostly those in the renewal team.

Mwonzora who is tipped to take over the secretary general's post, was alive to the possibility of losing the properties to the rival faction. He, therefore, unsuccessful tried to secure a High Court interdict to bar the renewal faction from holding the National Council meeting.

Sources from within the beleaguered faction disclosed that Tsvangirai was being misled by the Director of Security Wallace Chibikira and a security aide, Edward Gudhe who were telling him that the Mandel Training Centre was attended by phony members.

It is alleged that the Tsvangirai faction's National Council meeting was a flop as bonafide members snubbed it. The faction had to approach trusted individuals to append their signatures as members of the National Council well after the resolutions had been fraudulently made. Tsvangirai had been warned against rushing to hold the meeting as it was feared that its flop would legitimise the quorum of the renewal team's meeting.