Minister of Justice Ziyambi Ziyambi has confirmed that the government will disburse $7,5million to the Khupe faction. “The money has ...
Minister of Justice Ziyambi Ziyambi has confirmed that the government will disburse $7,5million to
the Khupe faction.
“The money has not been released because of Covid-19, but I
think the claims by the Mwonzora group are correct. My understanding is that
the Alliance is a grouping of several parties and the MDC is the bigger party
in that Alliance,” he told the Daily News.
But Nelson Chamisa’s faction says it is aware of the
“machinations” of its former colleagues to secure the millions due to the
party.
“The law is clear, the party that would have deployed MPs
in Parliament are entitled to the funding. As things stand now, there are only
two parties that are entitled to that funding, that is the MDC Alliance and Zanu
PF.
“Any action outside this by whoever in government or
otherwise would be unlawful,” MDC deputy secretary general Jameson Timba said.
Meanwhile, Douglas Mwonzora told the Daily News On Sunday that they had now
exceeded the required quorum, which allowed them to proceed with the congress.
“The response for the congress is overwhelming. It will be
oversubscribed. Thousands of delegates have already confirmed their attendance
at the congress … much more than the quorum.
“For now, we are mostly interested in the delegates who
will be coming to the congress and not in everyone else … we will meet everyone
else after the congress.
“Although we have had limitations because of the health
situation, in terms of preparations we are at an advanced stage and we are
going to elect a new MDC president soon,” Mwonzora said.
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