By Talent Gondo| Transform Zimbabwe (TZ), one of the political parties within the MDC Alliance, has accused the MDC T of disregarding the agreements made under the coalition hinting that the party might pull out of the Alliance and go it alone in the forthcoming polls.
TZ President Jacob Ngarivhume told journalists in Harare today that following the party’s Congress held in Harare recently, the party noted with concern how the MDC T was disregarding agreements made under the Alliance regarding seat allocation and candidate selection.
“There is general disregard of Alliance agreements on the appointment of candidates in constituencies reserved for Alliance partners,” said Ngarivhume.
He said members of his party were aggrieved over failure by the Alliance to allocate to TZ seats in Matabeleland.
“TZ has not been allocated a single seat in all the three Matabeleland provinces. Concern has also been raised over the marginalization of the party where we have not been allocated urban seats for our council and parliamentary candidates,” said Ngarivhume.
He said his party had unanimously agreed to engage the MDC T and Alliance leadership over the matter and all the other outstanding issues of the Alliance which he said he could not disclose on the basis that they were not for public consumption.
“We are therefore calling on the MDC T to nullify all primary election results for constituencies allocated to Transform Zimbabwe and the party should make an unequivocal undertaking that there will be no MDC T candidates contesting in seats allocated to alliance partners.”
Ngarivhume affirmed his party’s commitment to the principles and values of the Alliance revealing that his party was going to contest the forthcoming polls under the Alliance.
He however said that this gesture should not be viewed as an indication that the party could not break away from the Alliance and contest independently.
“TZ affirms it’s commitment to the ideals of the Alliance but this should not be mistaken for the lack of capacity to go it alone in the undesirable situation where the Alliance fails to hold,” he added.
Delegates at the Congress elected the party’s Substantive Executive Committee headed by Ngarivhume as it’s President, who is deputised by Reason Mandhlenkosi Ngwenya.
The party also launched its election manifesto policy dubbed IGNITE. According to TZ, the first I on IGNITE stands for Industrialisation and Infrastructure Development, while G is for Good Governance, N for National Integration, I for Inclusive Society, T for Transformational Leadership and E is for an Empowered Society.