By Paul Nyathi|MDC-T National Women’s wing chairperson Lynette Karenyi has declared her intentions to contest Chikanga – Dangamvura elections as an independent candidate after losing what she called a flawed primary election over the weekend.

The highly vocal and controversial former Chimanimani West legislature in the seventh parliament declared her intentions to go solo in a Facebook post on Monday.

According to Karenyi the primary election results do not reflect the wishes of the people of Chikanga and Dangamvura in Mutare urban. as only two wards out of ten in the constituency cast their votes.

Karenyi who through her years in the MDC-T has been a tough fighter against former President Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF also accused the opposition party of having an irregular electoral process.

Karenyi is popular for her detention in 2011 when she was arrested for saying that former President had same sex with two ZANU PF members.

She claimed that the party never had a proper voters roll and people were being picked in the streets, issued with party cards and brought in to vote.

Karenyi becomes the second MDC-T top female leader to stand against the party primary election system and declared intention to contest the upcoming elections as an independent.

Harare West legislator Jessie Majome was first to take the move last month when she declared that she was not contesting the party primary elections before declaring her intention to contest the seat as an independent.

Reports from within the party indicate that a few more MDC-T heavyweights could be making similar announcements soon.

Karenyi’s official statement rejecting the primary election read as follows:

Rejection of Chikanga-Dangamvura Primary Election conducted on 20th may 2018

I wish to announce that i will not be accepting any of the results or any means of trying to push me out of Chikanga-Dangamvura in an unfair way. The will of the people of Chikanga must prevail. Not the will of fraudlent people bent on party destruction.

In the meantime I have raised my concerns with leadership and hope we will find a workable solution

As a strong women, i normally take what life throws at me in stride, while protecting my values. It is my hope that those who support me and the community of Chikanga/Dangamvura will prove me right

While I am not short on reasons to distrust the electoral team that presided over the primaries. At this point I would urge all those supporting me to remain silent until we hear from the leadership, To those on the ground, ground work must be continued

I wish to convince all of you that I will not be doing anyone a favor by protecting those trying to subvert the will of the people.