MDC National Standing Committee Statement| The MDC National Standing Committee met in Bulawayo on Saturday 6 February 2016 to map the agenda for the party’s activities for the year, chief among them, the holding of the national elective congress. The Standing committee deliberated on the perilous state of the country’s economy, the impending drought, political developments and pondered on solutions required for the suffering Zimbabweans, among other issues.
The Standing committee noted the ongoing bilateral and multilateral consultations among democratic forces to find lasting solutions to the challenges that are facing our country and reaffirmed its position to work with all other democratic forces in the search for solutions, a precondition of which must be the defeat of the failed ZANU PF regime.
The Standing Committee unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in the Acting Secretary General, Moses Mzila Ndlovu. The vote of no confidence is a culmination of profound dissatisfaction with the Acting Secretary General’s failure to perform virtually all the functions of his office, including failure to call meetings of the organs of the party, failure to administer party offices and party affairs, failure to put in motion and prepare the processes for the conduct of the party’s elective congress due this year and failure to implement the decisions of the Standing Committee. The Acting Secretary General has failed to competently, efficiently and effectively conduct party affairs and generally failed to measure up to the demands of his office which have included complete dereliction of duty.
The Standing Committee noted that there were a few members of the leadership within the National Executive Committee who have of late engaged in nefarious activities contrary to the party constitution and calculated to undermine the interests of the party, and resolved to refer these individuals to the National Disciplinary Committee in terms of the party constitution to be dealt with in accordance with the available evidence.
Kurauone Chihwayi
MDC National Spokesperson