Former MDC T official Blessing Chebundo who defected to the ruling party last month has said he is honoured to be welsomced back into the ruling party, The Chronicle reports.
Chebudo said this at a Midlands provincial leadership during the Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Gweru hwere he was being introduced to other party members.
Chebundo addressed the PPC meeting and said he had been a member of Zanu PF since 1980 and the MDC was formed in his house but after 21 years in the wilderness he is happy to be home:
The good part is that all Politburo members here, I know them, they are friends, they are relatives. I know them as Midlanders like me.
What a privilege, what an honour, I feel highly honored to be a member of Zanu-PF and I will bring experience and supporters so that we win elections as Zanu-PF under the astute leadership of President Mnangagwa
Today should be written down as history. I am happy to be home. I was born in Shurugwi and spent my life in the Midlands which is home to President Mnangagwa. In 1980 I was a Zanu-PF member. I was in the district structures and later joined the trade unions. When we formed MDC-T, the venue was my house and this means after 21 years in the wilderness, I am bringing wealth of experience, I am bringing my followers. My movement will help the party.
Chebundo said he was not interested in any positions he just wanted the put to put their heads together and work towards the greater good:
I have said this before, I am not here for any position, it’s not about positions, It’s about getting our heads together. I will be very disappointed if the things that made us leave MDC- T also happen in Zanu-PF. The biggest enemy is having factions in the party and failure to respect offices. If we fail to do that we are finished.
Meanwhile apart from Blessing Chebundo’s publisized defection together with Lilian Timveos, another fromer MDC official Tracy Mutinhiri recent;y applied to join Zanu PF.
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