By Talent Gondo| Harare West Member of Parliament, Jessie Fungai Majome’ s exit from the MDC T primaries over “election irregularities”, has been described as a huge loss to the MDC T led by Nelson Chamisa.

Senior party member who served as the Secretary for Legal Affairs for the MDC when the party was formed in 1999 said Majome was a critical member of the party which the MDC Alliance could not afford to lose.

“Let me just put this out there. I have known Jessie Fungai Majome since she worked for me at the BLPC in the 1990s and I know her as a tireless campaigner for human rights and democracy,” said Coltart.

“She is a critical member of the #MDCAlliance and we need her to be a key member of our team.”

Nduku Nduna, an MDC T supporter called on the MDC T to put its house in order so that the party does not lose its “best performers”.

“The party can’t afford losing best performers in parliament because some people are not following rules and procedures. Let’s build the party and stop self inflicted problems,” said Nduna.

Majome pulled out of the MDC primary elections citing the manipulation of party guidelines.

“Sadly for me in this primary election, I have noted several factors that I cannot ignore, which I have highlighted to my party which I believe, honestly, constitute manipulation of my party guidelines towards a fair outcome to the extent in my view regrettably so, that the will of bona fide and genuine Harare Westerners would be lost in that process,” said Majome.

Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) director, Pedzisai Ruhanya said Majome’s withdrawal was a reflection of MDC T’s failure to clarify election processes.

“The challenge in Harare West and MDC  T primaries in general appears to be lack of leadership to explain processes, address and clarify issues that are in the public interest,” said Ruhanya.

“Can’t stomach this tomfoolery masquerading as democracy,” he said.