{"id":35592,"date":"2021-02-26T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=35592"},"modified":"2021-02-26T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:08:05","slug":"mwonzora-a-caretaker-in-zanu-pfs-waiting-room-says-jonathan-moyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-a-caretaker-in-zanu-pfs-waiting-room-says-jonathan-moyo","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mwonzora A Caretaker In ZANU PF\u2019s Waiting Room\u2019,  Says Jonathan Moyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says Blessing Chebundo\u2019s defection to ZANU PF proves that the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora is merely a conduit for the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Moyo\u2019s remarks come after Chebundo joined ZANU PF a few weeks after leaving the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance for the MDC-T. Moyo wrote on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>One day Blessing Chebundo is reported to have left the MDC-A to be in @DMwonzora\u2019s MDC-T\u2019; the next day he is reported to have left the MDC-T to join ZanuPF at State House.<\/p>\n<p>It is now plain for all to see that @DMwonzora is just a caretaker in #ZanuPF\u2019s WAITING ROOM, called MDC-T!<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The Chebundo defection is not only pregnant, but it\u2019s also unprecedented: he leaves Chamisa\u2019s MDC-A to follow Mwonzora, ostensibly to the MDC-T, when that\u2019s just a stopover en route to ZanuPF!<\/p>\n<p>Chebundo and former MDC Alliance top official Lilian Timveos were on Wednesday welcomed by ZANU PF First Secretary and President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House.<\/p>\n<p>Chebundo and Timveos defected to the ruling Zanu PF party citing a lack of direction and violent tendencies by Nelson Chamisa\u2019s political outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo says Blessing Chebundo\u2019s defection to ZANU PF proves that the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora is merely a conduit for the ruling party. Professor Moyo\u2019s remarks come after Chebundo joined ZANU PF a few weeks after leaving the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance for the MDC-T. 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