The MDC-Alliance national executive was last night left divided over the inclusion of a woman vice president as bickering continues to rock the opposition party ahead of its congress next month.

There was heated debate on whether the party should earmark a woman as one of the vice presidents in line with international trends of upholding the women’s quota or that they should contest on an equal footing with their male counterparts.

So divided was the national executive that the issue was deferred for deliberation by the national council which is set to sit today.

At present the party has three vice presidents, namely Professor Welshman Ncube, Mr Morgen Komichi and Engineer Elias Mudzuri.

At least four women have been nominated to contest the post of vice president during the provincial congresses but were selected to run alongside their male counterparts.
The four are Mrs Lillian Timveous, Mrs Lynette Karenyi-Kakore, Ms Paurina Mpariwa and Mrs Theresa Makone who were nominated to contest alongside Messrs Tendai Biti, Murisi Zwizwai, Komichi and Prof Ncube.State media