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By Paul Nyathi| A small group of disgruntled Civil Society leaders that appeared sponsored to discredit the Nelson Chamisa led MDC on Monday ran a relatively flopped gathering which was meant to drive civil society to turn against backing the opposition movement.
The group operating under the name Zimbabwe Indaba/Dare but booked at the Harare International Conference Centre under This Constitution Alliance invited about 5 000 Civil Society Leaders and activists from across the country under the pretext that they are grouping them to discuss the Civil Society narrative on the country after the July elections.
The delegates that included invited speakers from across the country’s ten provinces incidentally turned against the agenda of the organisers who were seriously against the Chamisa led opposition while giving a soft stance on the Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF government that has led the country to a collapse in 38 years.
Speakers from the provinces incidentally took turns to instead blast the Mnangagwa led government.
Chairman of the Steering Committee of the grouping Reverend Anglistone Sibanda completely failed the agenda of the organisation when he tried to convince Zimbabweans to accept the two cents per dollar tax on electronic money transfers introduced by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.
His sentiments were met by a huge outburst from the crowd that demanded he ends his address immediately.
Spokesperson of the committee Lynette Mudehwe came to the rescue of the completely off topic chairman and cooled down the crowd by lying that Sibanda was inviting for a dialogue on the matter and not supporting it.
There was a brief pandemonium before the start of the meeting when people ferried from Matabeleland provinces nearly boycotted the meeting claiming that they had not been fed for over twenty four hours and had not been provided with overnight accomodation in the capital.
The organisers failed to give media interviews after the meeting as they rushed out and locked themselves in a private room at the giant conference centre away from the delegates who were demanding transport monies to go back home.