Correspondent|MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said the much-anticipated elective Congress will help re-brand the party and set it on a new trajectory, adding that the party will come after Congress with deeper ideology and values.

The opposition party resolved after its National Council meeting on Friday at the party’s headquarters Morgan Tsvangirai House in Harare that the congress will be held from 24 — 26 May 2019.

In a post on his official Twitter page on Saturday morning, Chamisa said 7,000 delegates were expected to attend.

“7 000 delegates expected. (We are) taking the MDC to a wholly NEW level. It’s not about positions but a new propositional value, organisational and leadership culture recasting, new strategies and tactics, deeper ideological and values and re-branding,” he said.

Although the party in public maintains that all positions including Chamisa’s are open for contest at Congress, Chamisa’s challengers face an uphill task as Chamisa’s close lieutenants have accused as ZANU-PF projects anyone who dared challenge Chamisa.

“We want to deal with the nincompoopery and tomfoolery once and for all.
We are determined to make this Zimbabwe the greatest. We can do it. We did it with the Mutapa empire and the Great Zimbabwe. We had the best trade and commerce then. We had strong and functional governance structures,” he added.

Meanwhile, the MDC National Council also resolved that there be another extra-ordinary National Council meeting to deal with Congress issues including but not limited to the appointment of the Independent Commission to run the national Congress in line with the dictates of the party’s Constitution.