It never rains but pours for the MDC faction leadership of Welshman Ncube and Arthur Mutambara,and if last night’s revelations by two MDC MPs are anything to go by tough times lie ahead for the duo.
An MDC MP has revealed that the MDC national council meeting held in Harare last week was chaotic and volatile and MDC MPs were furious when Mutambara and Ncube, allegedly accused the MPs of compromising their negotiating powers by constantly backing Tsvangirai.
“The national council meeting was dedicated to attacking us and Tsvangirai, but there is no way we can distance ourselves from our colleagues in the Tsvangirai led formation. It is surprising that our leaders now want to back Zanu PF and President Robert Mugabe,” said one MP, who spoke on condition that he is not named.
Three of the party’s ten MPs, were quizzed at the tense meeting and ordered to stop talking to the media and associating with MPs aligned to the Tsvangirai faction.
One MP charged that Ncube and some members of the national executive members are on the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and Zanu PF payroll.
“The allegations raised by the MPs were not responded to, everyone went quiet when the allegations were raised but the exchange which took place at the national council meeting is worrying as it shows that the majority of the party’s ten MPs will not support any Mutambara decision in parliament,” said the source.
Another MP revealed that the party was now disillusioned with the leadership after a dismal performance in the March election in which the entire national executive was wiped out. To compound matters the official also said there now more questions than answeres on the financial position of the faction.
“Ncube flies from Pretoria to Harare and makes a stop over in Bulawayo en-route to Harare and orders Fletcher Dulini-Ncube to sign cheques for Harare hotel bills for meetings they have not attended and for dodgy payment expense claims by the likes of Sikhala.”
The MP revealed that the party’s operations were now concentrated on a small kitchen cabinet composed of Mutambara,Mushonga,Sikhala and Ncube and party meetings are now held in South Africa and Harare.
The abuse of the party’s funds has reportedly angered Sen.David Coltart who is faction’s top fund-raiser. Coltart is the faction’s only candidate who won a senate seat in Bulawayo,the second largest city.
“Coltart is soft-spoken and will never explode like some of us but he is burning inside and frustrated” , the MP added.
Nine of the ten Members of Parliament defied the party leadership to back its election director ,Paul Themba Nyathi’s nomination for the speaker position and backed Tsvangirai led MDC’s National Chairman Lovemore Moyo.
On Saturday Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba wrote in The Herald that if the MDC faction’s MPs defy their party leadership in parliament they will encourage Ncube to expel them.
‘While a tripartite agreement is certainly welcome, MDC-Mutambara will decide in a political environment where it may not yet be available. Or even possible…they cannot worry about an internal split arising from this question. Their rebel MPs, if any do exist, would have to face a series of by-elections in which MDC-M and Zanu-PF will be collaborating against MDC-T, presumably the new home for those rebels. Not a single seat will come back to those rebels and MDC-T’, wrote Charamba.
THIS GOOOD! MWARI HAASI WEMUNHU MUMWE!
The Mtambaras and Ncubes of today should now realise that the power rests with the people and the arrogance they showed will soon backfire. The population is burning bricks with grass because of Mugabes policys and the duo have the guts to sell out for a few pieces of silver,.whats that.Lets wait and see the good will prevail.
Chabvondoka
I totally concur with what one of the Mutambara MPs said, that both arthur and welshman are on CIO and Zanu payroll. What they forget is, even those who claim to own those entities where snubbed by the will of the people. What Mugabe is doing is only puppetising them, period.
Wake up and smell the cofee malume!! This is African Renaissance!!
I was also shocked to hear in the local News today when the stupid and idiotic professor Mararike said what happened in the parly yesterday was unAfrican. Please, give us a break. Times are gone when Bob used to address his “WOMEN” in parly and the best they could do was to node or clap to whatever crap the bobonised leader could utter. African Renaissance is coming and those who are change averse will rot! Pliz tell this mad professor to accept change or just shut the butt up!!
Vanya ,very soon we will have our original mdc government
MUTAMBARA IS A SELLOUT TO PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI…..
Takagara tazviona kare kuti MUTAMBARA, NCUBE are CIO operatives.They have never been serious politicians and are meant to confuse genuine opoosition in the country!
These are lies. As convinient as they maybe to those who want to belief these claims ar simply not true. You now have like ZANU PF propaganda, something that has been said and repeated so many times that people believe it as ridiculous as it is. Too bad that some have used these claims that seem close to the truth to demonise Mutambara and some in his faction of the MDC.
Why do zimbabweans cry for democracy and then when we put it into practice you cry foul. Mutambara and ncube like every zimbabwean are entitled to their own opinions. If they choose to side with zanu pf with regards to matters of national interest so what? There is no need to just follow wakanange mudondo like morgan for the sake of opposition. He ( morgan ) must accept differences in opinion even within his own ranks-thats true democracy otherwise you end up with a ugly dictator.
Its time for constructive engagement. If a zanu pf mp or more voted for mdc moyo as speaker , we should embrace their opinion and move on. That is democracy. why spend time trying to witch hunt and laugh at zanu pf just because they have lost the post of speaker.in reality mugabe is still the president with all the powers. If their is one thing i like about zanu pf , its the fact that they take defeat on the chin and move on.Losing the post of speaker is not the end of the world…life moves on. Zanu pf controls the senate and that is powerful too. all it does is give us the oppotunity to live in a democratic society.
The problem with some is that things are only fair as long as mdc win any election.They can not accept defeat like men.They still dont accept the fact that the will of the people is a divided country with 10% going for makoni. going by the june election which morgan avoided, mugabe has absolute powers-period. you reap what you sow.morgan should have respected the constitution.
You look at them now in parliament and you can see why mugabe has to stay in power. these guys are seriously immature. Shouting and behaving like morons in parliament is not the way forward. The best option would have been to stay away. As things stand they legitimised the whole process by attending.We should not let our parents behave like that in parliament. its like going to church and abusing the priest. Parliament should be respected-period. if my father was amongst those morons in parliament yesterday seriously i would disowned him soon after the opening. we should not condone such beastly behaviour in our country. I hope mugabe deals with those responsible one by one.The mdc is a party that is led by headlines of the day. Their is no strategy whatsoever that drives the party. Morgan is confused-the supporters are confused-biti says one thing-morgan says the other -bennet says this and chamisa says that….aahhhhhhhhhh!!!! **** mdc-bunch of hopeless uneducated morons..the only party led by some one with no o levels in the whole of africa…king of flip flopping.
I said a long time ago watch these devils go to work to demonise Mutambara and Ncube.These guys will soon be on the sanctions list -they will find a way somehow. I hope mutambara now understands what mugabe has been going through all these years.Even leaders like Castro have been reduced to rubble by the lies..but he stood firm until his retirement.You can not criticise the west and expect the status quo to nremain the same.but for mutambara i say-stay close to bob and you will be fine. with your education you can pick up some tips and add your own -you could end up as boss of the mdc outright since morgan has no o levels. People like coltart have always wanted the lesder of the party to have at least a degree.If the queen does not award morgan one at least for supporting sanctions then he will probably die without a degree.what a shame.
The mdc think opening of parliament was illegitimate—–ehhhhhh why did you attend?
The newly elected speaker was in his seat and suit—-but hey presto he failed to control the house..are we tax payers funding his wages? Then why did he not do something about the embarassment we witnessed yesterday? He does not realise that as the Mps of mdc behaved like hooligans, they also disrespected his authority.
I do not know much about this moyo guy-he looks like a war vet and he has credible liberation credentials.He failed in his duties yesterday. If yesterday was anything to go by then we may need a new speaker.
Moyo’s victory was well celebrated—fine. except one thing-the mdc think the election was illegitimate as they were not in favour of it.so does this mean we need a rerun or a run off to legitimise the process when morgan is ready? should we prepare for another election and annul the last one when morgan is ready?
i have to agree with opinions of the majority—-the mdc mps behaved like school children in the August house. That house is not for party political broadcasts.The minute you enter the building you have to respect the rules of the house. could it be they voted for moyo because he has no balls? correct me if i am wrong- he failed for a single minute to order the house and warn individuals against such hooliganism .Moyo on day one you have lost my respect. if we are to pay your wages you need to wake up and not look so comfortable in that new swanky chair.As for the mdc mps you were a disgrace to zimbabwe and your children should be ashamed of you.
Moyo . on day one you have gained my respect for allowing those individuals to show scumbag mugabe what the people of Zimbabwe truly think of him.You MDC mps have made Zimbabwe proud.Your children will be very proud of you.You must continue to embarrass those scumbags the same as they have made Zimbabwe an embarrassment over the last 28 years.
MPs should just do the right thing… join MDC-T
You guys are now playing the zanu card, let the Mutambara and Ncubes do what they want, that is their democratic right. Why worry about them, concentrate on demonising zanu and Mugabe and showing us what a Tsvangirai government can do for us instead of wasting your energies demonising MDC. Zanu used to do that yesterday, and you all cried foul, now you are doing exactly the same thing, grapes gone sour! Why don’t you tells us about Tsangi’s flip flopping and how good it is for a Prime Minister? You are all happy about Moyo’s election as house speaker, but you do not hold the same house that elected him legitimate, that’s raw stupidity propaganda!! You are only looking for things that favour and please you in a game that has no winner. Grow up, this is politics. The truth is Tsvangi is not a strong character, we love him, but he lacks intellect. Concentrate on zanu and Mugabe and tells us what you are going to do for us when you get the PM post for the flip-flopper! We are sick and tired of your propaganda that now resembles zanu.
mutambara uri h**ure
SCARFACE (WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE GHOSTFACE, UGLY MORGAN)…
I RARELY EXPRESS MY OPINIONS IN THIS FORUM BUT YOUR BULL**** IS FORCING ME TO CALL YOU A BRAINLESS MORON. HOW DID YOU FIND YOURSELF PART OF THE HUMAN RACE?
Ceaser zvayi is working for the zimbabwe herald again and judging by his stories i can now understand why he was deported from Botswana.He is back to his normal self of writing the propaganda crap that he has always written.Read his article at allafrica.com
ok please help me understand here . In what trouble are Mutambara and Ncube? I have missed it
Vana Mutambara nana Ncube, ma opportunists zvawo. Chimurenga vanochiziva here ava. Shuwa mungatengesa nyika nekuda mari? Zanu pf munoiziva here imi? With all your deucational background, you are a big disgrace to the nation. How can you associate yourself with Zanu pf. Munozovepiko kana Morgan otonga?