By Own Correspondent- War veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda said that even when invited to attend the opposition MDC congress by its leader Nelson Chamisa, he would never attend the “illegal” event.

Matemadanda said this following statements by Chamisa at a Chiredzzi “Thank You” rally on Sunday inviting Zanu Pf’s Matemadanda and leader of the splinter faction of the party Dr Thokozani Khupe to the forthcoming National Congress slated for May 4.

Responded Matemadanda:

“Assuming that the invitation was formal I would still not attend because in view of the court ruling it is an illegal congress and I would not attempt to give it any legality.

… In any case for your own information when I sought to attend Tsvangirai’s send off before his body left for Buhera last year, the MDC youths barred me and how will the so-called vanguards allow me to attend their congress when they blocked me from a funeral?”-Daily News