Own Correspondent|ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday resolved that the party should not engage in any talks of a government of national unity with MDC Alliance and endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party’s sole presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.

The resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the party’s Bulawayo Provincial Coordinating Committee, will be taken aboard when various thematic committees discuss a range of issues at the National People’s Conference which kicks off next week at Esigodini.

The resolutions, some of which include the re-introduction of district coordinating committees (DCCs), finalisation of the vetting exercise of ex-detainees, were made during the party’s inter-district conference at Bulawayo provincial headquarters, Davis Hall.

The resolutions are premised on what would be debated by thematic committees during the conference.

Zanu-PF’s Bulawayo provincial secretary for administration Elifas Mashaba read out the resolutions before all the wings comprising the main wing, women’s and youth leagues unanimously adopted them.

“We have resolved as Bulawayo province that there won’t be any talk of government of national unity with [MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa. We have also endorsed ED as the sole Presidential candidate in 2023,” said Mashaba.

The resolution rejecting the possibility of an inclusive government came a few days after Chamisa demanded talks with Zanu-PF which he said would result in the formation of a “transitional authority” to bring “political legitimacy” to the country.

The conference is expected to attract 5 000 delegates drawn from the country’s 10 provinces.