Farirai Madhumbe |  Lovemore Moyo who has just resigned from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) cites among his reasons for resigning the late Morgan Tsvangirai’s appointment of two VPs Hon. Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri.

Moyo explains upon tendering his resignation letter that he has been in deep contemplation on the issue over the past 7 months and has made up his mind to quit the opposition party. Moyo who is Zanu PF’s Minister of Women and Youth Affairs Sithembiso Nyoni’s son in law, does not say what his future political plans are, while the MDC’s National Council has accepted his resignation letter.

Speaking to the Newsday Moyo says President Nelson Chamisa tried to persuade him to stay, “he visited me and tried to talk me out of resigning. I met him for nearly two hours and I stood my ground and raised those issues that have forced me to quit the MDC-T. I told him the way he assumed leadership was very undemocratic, unconstitutional and unprocedural.”

Moyo also predicts an election loss for the opposition goes further to say, “I told him this was allowed to happen because the party has been captured by some forces. I still stand by that and this has got nothing to do with personalities, but it’s about following the MDC-T’s founding democratic processes, a constitutional process that would have seen us elect an acting president.”

MDC-T Bulawayo spokesperson, Felix Magalela Sibanda also told Newsday said Moyo has not been fully committed to working for the party since 2012 when he was Speaker of Parliament.

“The Bulawayo executive and its subordinate structures are not surprised by Lovemore Moyo’s preemptive resignation statement. It’s a preemptive resignation because, the former national chair was aware of his fate and that of Khupe’s other followers. It is not a secret that Lovemore Moyo has not been with the party since 2012 when he was still the Speaker of Parliament,” he said.

“His attitude and operations left a lot to be desired. More about his dubious leadership is yet to be exposed. Only time will tell, and the nation shall be fully apprised of his underhand dealings. Why is he not grateful to the late Morgan Tsvangirai and MDC-T for upgrading him to the position of the Speaker of Parliament? He is enjoying a fat pension cheque every month because of the party, but today he is abusing the hand that feeds him.”