{"id":21944,"date":"2020-04-13T20:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=21944"},"modified":"2020-04-13T20:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:01:31","slug":"mwonzora-says-extraordinary-congress-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-says-extraordinary-congress-plans","title":{"rendered":"Mwonzora says extraordinary congress plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RECENTLY reinstated MDC-T secretary general, Senator Douglas Mwonzora says preparations for the extra ordinary congress have gathered steam and has blasted University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Pedzisai Ruhanya for lacking stable reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Zimbabwe Voice Saturday, Mwonzora said only the court order will dictate the fate which he is currently following.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me assure you that in my capacity as secretary general of the party, I have already begun to prepare for the extra-ordinary congress as directed by the court ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlans are flowing smoothly and we hope to hit the deadlines because the ruling is just clear and final,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Quizzed on allegations levelled by political analyst, Pedzisai Ruhanya indicating that Thokozani Khupe\u2019s aligned MDC-T secretary general Mao Nyikadzino is refusing to step down and allow Mwonzora to takeover, the reinstated senator dismissed the claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not involved in any tiff with anyone as I am simply following the court ruling which is clear. I do not think Doctor Ruhanya is still a credible source of information because lately he has been acting rabidly and unscientific as he peddles petty issues which I will not waste my time on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono says Chamisa currently stands between a rock and a hard place saying it will be difficult bordering on impossible for the MDC-T and indeed Chamisa and his alliance partners to talk about return to constitutionalism as a campaigning tool when they themselves have failed that test dismally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RECENTLY reinstated MDC-T secretary general, Senator Douglas Mwonzora says preparations for the extra ordinary congress have gathered steam and has blasted University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Pedzisai Ruhanya for lacking stable reasoning. 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