By Paul Nyathi| Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume has given MDC Alliance coalition leader Nelson Chamisa seven days to attend to his party’s grievances on the MDC Alliance.

Speaking in a interview on Wednesday, Ngarivhume said that his party members expressed concerns on the allocation of parliamentary seats in the Alliance agreement.

According to Ngarivhume his party members were also concerned that the MDC-T which is the senior partner in the agreement, is also busy building candidates in constituencies that have been allocated to the other coalition partners.

“We are concerned that the MDC-T is seen busy on the ground placing shadow candidates against the Alliance candidates,” said Ngarivhume.

“The party is also concerned that it was not allocated even a single seat in the Matabeleland region though we have strong membership in that region,” he added.

Responding to the cries by their coalition partner, MDC Spokesperson Kurauone Chihwayi said that as far as they know Transform Zimbabwe has not presented any complaints to the MDC Alliance leadership.

Speaking on behalf of his principal Professor Welshman Ncube who is also the Alliance spokesperson, Chihwayi said that the complaints by Transform Zimbabwe might not be substantial as the parties to the coalition agreed and finalised issues around the allocation of the seats.

“It is not possible that the MDC-T will contest against the MDC Alliance coalition candidates in the coming elections as alleged by TZ,” said Chihwayi.

“The principals to the coalition all set and agreed on the allocation of seats and they all signed, it is therefore unfair for TZ to start complaining on the allocation of the seats at this stage,” Chihwayi added.

Chihwayi’s sentiments were also raised by the MDC-T Acting Spokesperson Thabitha Khumalo who said that it was not possible for the MDC-T to be mobilising against the coalition agreement.

Ngarivhume insisted that his party has made the issues known to the coalition and is giving Chamisa seven days to sort out the matter.

“We are hoping that the Alliance will consider our concerns within the next week to a week and a half at most after which we will report back to our members fir them to decide on our future involvement in the Alliance,” said Ngarivhume.

Ngarivhume however insisted that his party is willing to continue in the MDC Alliance coalition.