By A Correspondent- Zanu-PF candidates who canvass for positions before the announcement of dates for District Co-ordinating Committee elections will be automatically disqualified, the party’s national commissar, Victor Matemadanda, has said.

Matemadanda said the commissariat was waiting for guidance from the Politburo on the DCC elections and provincial elections for Harare and Bulawayo.

Harare and Bulawayo provinces have gone for a year without provincial structures following the dissolution of the previous executives by President Mnangagwa in March 2019.

The two provinces conducted DCC elections after they were re-introduced last year with the remaining eight provinces expected to conduct theirs soon. Some party members have been accused of using food aid availed by President Mnangagwa to buy votes ahead of the DCC polls.

In an interview on Tuesday, Matemadanda said electioneering amounted to indiscipline and in cases where it is proven, the members concerned will be disqualified.

“We are waiting for the Politburo to give us guidance on the election dates both for the DCCs and provincial elections for Harare and Bulawayo,” said Matemadanda.

“We heard that there are some people who are already canvassing for positions using the rice donated by our President. Anyone with evidence of such practices should bring it forward for disciplinary action and such people will be automatically disqualified.”

Matemadanda urged party members to use party channels to air their concerns.

In Mashonaland Central, war veterans alleged that all legislators from the lower House were using food aid to work against President Mnangagwa.

Matemadanda said such accusations were over-exaggerated. He said party members, especially war veterans, should be wary of the impact and consequences of the information they released to the media.

Matemadanda said the revolutionary party did not operate on hearsay.

“There can be one or two who are not toeing the party line but again it’s difficult to deal with them in the absence of evidence,” he said.

“Anyone with evidence of a particular MP who is abusing his position or food aid should bring it forward.”-Statemedia