{"id":22884,"date":"2020-05-07T21:19:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=22884"},"modified":"2020-05-07T21:19:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T19:19:23","slug":"mzembi-gandawa-quit-own-political-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mzembi-gandawa-quit-own-political-party","title":{"rendered":"Mzembi, Gandawa quit own political party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exiled former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa have abandoned their party, People\u2019s Party, citing irreparable \u201cinternal contradictions\u201d in the opposition party.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two said they have left the party under the leadership of interim secretary general Lloyd Msipa, who joined the party after quitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Zanu PF.<\/p>\n

In a letter they both signed on Wednesday, Mzembi and the former Higher Education deputy minister said the People\u2019s Party was formed to facilitate a democratic change in Zimbabwe but internal contributions have stood in its way and thus the decision to quit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving failed to resolve internal contradictions that have recently bedevilled the People\u2019s 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,\u201d the statement partly reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe People\u2019s Party was formed last year by mostly members of the vanquished G40 faction who are now fugitives in South Africa after fleeing the country in the aftermath of the November 2017 military coup that toppled the late former President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n

Before Mzembi\u2019s resignation, Msipa had announced the sacking of treasurer general, Agrippa Masiyakurima, accusing him of hijacking the party to form an alliance with exiled former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, who fronts the Tyson Wabantu Movement.<\/p>\n

But Masiyakurima refused to back down and instead announced a counter suspension of Msipa, whom he accused of tribalism, among others.<\/p>\n

Mzembi and Gandawa\u2019s resignations follows a week of public brawls between party members.<\/p>\n

There have been accusations that Msipa was working with Zanu PF, plotting to tie the two former ministers to terrorism charges, a move that could also see them being deported from their safe haven.<\/p>\n

Masiyakurima further built on the accusations in a series of tweets attacking Msipa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exiled former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa have abandoned their party, People\u2019s Party, citing irreparable \u201cinternal contradictions\u201d in the opposition party. The two said they have left the party under the leadership of interim secretary general Lloyd Msipa, who joined the party after quitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Zanu PF. 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