By Douglas Mwonzora| Yesterday the Acting Deputy Treasurer General wrote a letter to all EOC delegates were he made serious accusations against me. The accusations are false and malicious and were calculated to affect my chances at the Congress. They were also calculated to cause my arrest and detention just before Congress. This was planned with one Murimoga who was instructed to make a false report to the Police and SACU. The Treasurer General is currently out of the country. The correct position regarding the party finances is as follows:

1. The Party received ZWL 7.9 million around June 2020. Of this amount a total of ZWL 3.5 million was set aside for congress. This translated into USD $35 000 and was put in the custody of the Acting Treasurer General.
2. The party then received another ZWL $14.9 million as part of the government grant. The Finance and Administration Committee chaired by the Secretary General sat and resolved on how this money was to be spent. Specifically it set aside money for Congress. Its recommendations were adopted by the Standing Committee chaired by the Acting President. Mr Chief Ndlovu sat and actively participated in both the meetings of the Finance and Administration Committee and the Standing Committee meetings.
3. Unfortunately on the 19th of December 2020, the Extraordinary Congress was postponed. However, some delegates had already travelled but their travel expenses had to be paid still.
4. The National Standing Committee then sat and reviewed the party’s financial position. It unanimously agreed that the money for Congress was no longer enough. The President, National Chairman and the Secretary General were then tasked to raise some more resources for Congress to deal with the transportation of the delegates of congress.
5. The Standing Committee also received a breakdown of all the expenses incurred to date including preparation of the voter’s roll and ballot papers etc.