By Paul Nyathi|The just ended ZANU PF Primary Elections will go down in history as the most dramatic and most chaotic election ever observed in Zimbabwe.

Once a ZANU PF political heavy weight Brighton Matonga shocked all and sundry when he won the Mhondoro Ngezi ward 5 election overwhelmingly while he was not one of the listed candidates for the ward.

Matonga who was in 2004 dismissed from the party because of his links to also dismissed former Vice President Joice Mujuru, garnered 334 protest votes from the party members against his “runner up” who polled 186 votes.

The ZANU PF members “voted” for Matongo who recently re-joined ZANU PF but was disqualified from participating in the primary elections.

The party members wrote Matonga’s name on the ballots that eventually all counted as spoilt papers.

Commenting on the issue Matonga said that he had been unceremoniously disqualified from contesting by the Mashonaland West party chairman Ziyambi Ziyambi but members gave their message through the protest voting.

“I wasn’t taking part in ZANU PF Primary elections in Mhondoro Ngezi because my CV was never submitted to The National Commissariat by Ziyambi Ziyambi, Mashonaland West Provincial Chairman,” said Matonga.

“Then Ward 5 did the unusual and voted for me instead, they just wrote my name on ballot paper in protest,” said Matonga.

The veteran ZANU PF member said that he will however continue supporting the candidate who will eventually be declared winner in the election.

“As a matter of principle, political maturity and wisdom, l will be the campaign manager for the winning Candidate. No bhora musango on my part.”