Former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi, fresh from selling his Vainona house to fund his People’s Party’s activities, has resigned from the same, along with his deputy, Dr Godfrey Gandawa.

The two quit their positions as party president and deputy, respectively.

The resignations come a few days after Zanu PF’s Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena alleged that Walter Mzembi received US$1 million from a  local businessman.

The sensational allegation which generated a lot of spark on social media platform Twitter, has been the source of contradictions as party members were throwing insults at the party leadership.

In their resignation letter, which they jointly signed, Mzembi and Gandawa cite failure to resolve internal contradictions.

“Having failed to resolve internal contradictions that have recently bedevilled the People’s Party, we have reached a decision together with my deputy, Dr Godfrey Gandawa, to step down from our positions in the interest of the party.”

“The party was started with the sole objective of facilitating democratic change in Zimbabwe, and that sacrosanct goal remains bigger than any individual, including those occupying the Presidency.

In that vein, we have decided to hand over control of the party to Secretary-General Lloyd Msipa. We wish the party good success in its democratic endeavour,” the two added.

The decision to dump the financially crippled party also follows squabbles which sucked in the party’s treasurer-general Agrippa Bopela Masiyakurima who has been firing members on social media.

Lloyd Msipa who assumed leadership of the party was ostensibly fired by Masiyakurima on allegations of bringing the party into disrepute.

The People’s Party, freshly minted this year, has been struggling to stay bouyant in the political waters of Zimbabwe.

Both Mzembi and Gandawa are former cabinet ministers in the late deposed President Robert Mugabe’s administration.

-Online