The Harare West MP, Jessie Majome has spoken on her moves after dropping from the race for re election. Majome said she will not join another party.

Last week, Macdonald Ncube spoke on what pushed her into pulling out.

Ncube said, “The below is an outline of how Jessie Majome was forced out of the race for parliament. This has been drawn from my findings with all stakeholders including the leadership here in Harare (including Chairman Morgan Komichi). –  The MDC-T internal election policy was not clear at all (likely deliberately so) and in the process Jessie Majome saw her opponent gaining unjustly as the 24 year old Joanna Mamombe was allowed to do as she willed at a time when contests were not allowed as per party policy. This was all party policy and nothing of Majome’s making. Mamombe benefited from the chaos created by leaders, who include National Chairman Morgan Komichi, a situation that clearly amounted to a coup. Majome was pushed into a corner where she ended up complaining about the $1,000 she was forced to pay under the policy in which she and other MPs were ordered to pay up so that they retain their seats uncontested. She had not at all sought not to be contested, as this was all party policy. When she began complaining about the money she paid, she was labelled names, at a time when the UK returnee, Joana Mamombe was allowed to illegally campaign, performing an act which was against standing party policy. Even as early as yesterday, some MDC-T senior officials were claiming that Majome’s post is secured and that Mamombe was campaigning illegally, adding to more confusion because according to National Chairman, Morgan Komichi, Majome has to contest, contrary to the $1,000 policy. Below is the outline –

1. As someone said yesterday, there was the $1000 policy, which later was changed to:

2. The CV policy, and then came

3. The Consensus Policy.

In conclusion – Majome was part of the group of MPs that was early this year forced to pay $1,000 each and told their seats would not be contested. This was under the late leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The policy was later shifted from one to the other and the only clear policy was published by Morgan Komichi just a few days ago. Before this, it was chaotic and Mamombe benefited from the chaos as she freely campaigned against party policy.”

This time, Majome told Newsday, “what I have done is to withdraw my candidature from the party primary elections. I have several options, but I am not intending to join anybody. However, as a citizen of Zimbabwe, I am considering and looking at what it is that I want to do. I still want to contribute to Harare West. I just thought I should let things go for now and think clearly about my next move. I will advise my constituents because everything I do is in their behalf. When I make the decision and I will do so before the coming elections, I will communicate this publicly.

“…I have made up my mind and also the nature of some of my concerns are long-term. Like, from last year, they have been telling all sitting MPs that they would not be contested and I am not sure how this will be reversed. For me, I am done and they can go ahead and have the primaries. I am no longer interested because as far as I am concerned, they will not be free and fair.”