MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been accused of signing the two Memoranda of Understanding with Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party and Welshman Ncube’s MDC, despite the proposal for a coalition having been rejected by sections of his party. According to the Herald, nine out of the party’s fifteen provinces rejected the proposal during Tsvangirai’s tour of provinces.
MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe reportedly boycotted last week’s signing of the two MoUs as she is against the coalition. However, MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora and spokesperson Obert Gutu refuted the allegations,
Said Mwonzora:
It is incorrect and misrepresentation of facts to say there are provinces that are opposed to the coalition.
Provinces in actual fact endorsed the proposed alliance or coalition…
It must be remembered that the issue of an alliance is actually a resolution of the 2014 MDC congress. So the president is acting within his mandate to sign the MoUs.
Gutu added:
I couldn’t attend the signing ceremony of the MoU between president Morgan Tsvangirai and Professor Welshman Ncube because I had prior appointment with my doctor at the same time that the MoU was being signed
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