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Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter
CCC’s recall of 15 parliamentary seats in Matabeleland by one Sengezo Tshabangu, who claims to be the interim party’s secretary-general for the party, has exposed the opposition for its lack of constitution and structures, analysts have said.
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda notified Zimbabwe Elections Commission’s (ZEC) chief elections officer of vacancies in the affected constituencies and Proportional Representative (PR) quotas.
Among the recalled there is Pashor Raphael Sibanda (Cowdray Park), Ereck Gono (Lobengula-Magwegwe), Nicola June Watson (Bulawayo South), Desmond Makaza (Mpopoma-Mzilikazi), Obert Manduna (Nketa), Mlilo Sitabile (PR), Jasmine Toffa (PR), Janet Dube (PR), Evidence Zana (Youth Quota).
Others are Morgan Ncube (Beitbridge West), Nomathemba Sibanda (PR), Velisiwe Nkomo (PR), Prince Dubeko Sibanda (Binga North), Bright Moyo Vanya (Lupane East) and Febion Munyaradzi (Mabvuku-Tafara).
Dr Tongai Dana said all the blame solely lies within CCCs lack of structures which has created loopholes for abuse by anyone.
“The party is not watertight. We may want to revisit the wisdom or lack thereof in not creating structures. The rationale is that a political party is not a movement, even if it is born out of one.
“It is an entity seeking to govern and speaking truth to power, without structures confusion is what then replaces any possibility to govern as is the case with CCC now,” he said.
He said while anything is possible in political strategising still common sense has it that, its wiser to strategise with structures than without. “Unlike movements like #Tajamuka, political parties need to have clear structures and constitutions to avoid the problems facing the opposition right now.
“What is now happening is an exploitation of the gap intentionally and adamantly created in the name of “Strategic Ambiguity,” he said.
The opposition CCC has been pursuing the so-called strategic ambiguity approach to politics, ostensibly to keep its cards close to its chest, but that approach has had devastating consequences on the party.
Another analyst Dr Hamadziripi Dube said mistrust of party members in the opposition arena will always lead to such behaviour and unwarranted decisions from senior opposition leaders.
“We saw this from the MDC Alliance now after changing the name to form a new party they carried forward the whistle to a new formation CCC.
“Recalls don’t build the party but rather destroy it to ashes, MDC Alliance is a major example of the definition. They made their bed, now they have to lie on it,” he said.
Dr Dube said the effects of mismanagement of party affairs and lack of political party structures will always catch them unawares.
“Instead, the Government just acted on the letters sent to the office of the Speaker of Parliament. The house of CCC, being led by pastor Advocate Chamisa, lacks the spiritual trust and faith of its members.
“He no longer trusts anyone from his party after he lost to Cde Dr Mnangagwa on the 23 August polls,” he said.
Another analyst, Dr Augustine Tirivangana opined that what has been happening was clearly foreseeable.
“What would one expect from a party that lacks a well-defined structure and is run unilaterally by a single all-powerful individual? When you lack internal democracy, how can you get cohesion and coherence?
“In fact, for as long as they remain structureless, we can expect more cracks and more recalls. That is typical of any mismanaged experiment,” he said.
A lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe’s Department of Governance and Public Management, Dr Prolific Mataruse said: “The lack of structures is an Achilles heel in the opposition’s activities and pursuits”.
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