Own Correspondent|MDC Bulawayo province has denied giving their own son, Professor Welshman Ncube a nomination into the MDC presidency choosing to second him into the Secretary General position.

It was generally expected that Bulawayo, which is Ncube’s home city was going to nominate him unanimously for the Vice President a position he has been seconded to by other provinces.

Party President Nelson Chamisa was yet again nominated as the sole presidential candidate. Chamisa now has nine nominations out of 13.

Morgen Komichi, Lilian Timveous and Tendai Biti were nominated as his deputies.

Thabita Khumalo was nominated for the national chair post with Job Sikhala being her deputy. Makokoba MP James Sithole was nominated for the provincial chair beating Nketa MP Phelelela Masuku.

Deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami was nominated for the provincial youth chair ahead of the incumbent Mlandu Ncube.

MDC provincial spokesperson Edwin Ndlovu yesterday confirmed the new list of nominees but said: “If any programme is conducted by the national leadership it becomes national and the national spokesperson is the right person to talk to.”

Party spokesperson Jacob Mafume said everything went well in the elections.

“Everything went on well, the attendance was huge, the delegates were happy, to see their president, they voted their new provincial executive led by Sithole.

“Everything went smoothly, yes there might be issues here and there on two or three districts but in the end they managed to vote.

“We can’t really talk of manipulation when the votes tallied, we had an electoral college so how can one manipulate votes in that way?” said Mafume.

Source – Daily News