{"id":86118,"date":"2023-11-03T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-key-ally-amos-chibaya-denies-ccc-crash-congress-reports"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:40:26","slug":"chamisas-key-ally-amos-chibaya-denies-ccc-crash-congress-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-key-ally-amos-chibaya-denies-ccc-crash-congress-reports","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa&#8217;s Key Ally, Amos Chibaya, Denies CCC &#8220;Crash Congress&#8221; Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has refuted reports that it is planning to hold an elective congress before the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Self-exiled former ZANU PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo recently claimed that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his key allies were organising a \u201ccrash congress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Moyo further claimed that <b>Amos Chibaya<\/b> and Murwisi Zwizwai were tasked with organising the congress by Chamisa to weed out party bigwigs considered a threat to the latter.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking to <b>NewsDay<\/b> on Thursday, 02 November, Chibaya said the party was busy with parliamentary business and was not planning to hold a congress soon. He said:<\/p>\n<p>I am not even aware of the congress. I saw it on social media platforms and I have been asked about the issue several times but there is nothing like that at the moment, we are busy in Parliament now.<\/p>\n<p><b>Get Pindula News on our WhatsApp Channel<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v<\/p>\n<p>We are not fighting anyone. People just say what they want to say but it\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of recalls of our party members, we have approached the courts and I don\u2019t want to comment at the moment and we will see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa is being accused of plotting to purge some senior party members, among them his co-vice presidents in the MDC Alliance, Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube, for allegedly disapproving of his leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>Chamisa has been accused of singlehandedly running the party since its formation in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>CCC has been rocked by divisions after self-proclaimed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu recalled 15 Members of Parliament and 17 councillors last month saying they had ceased being members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Tshabangu recently claimed that he has the backing of several CCC bigwigs but he flatly refused to name them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has refuted reports that it is planning to hold an elective congress before the end of this month. Self-exiled former ZANU PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo recently claimed that CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his key allies were organising a \u201ccrash congress\u201d. 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