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heavyweights to rig the elections.
It emerged this week that a group of aspiring candidates in the MDC-T in Masvingo was unhappy over attempts by some sitting legislators to rig the weekend confirmation process to avoid the stiff challenge from newcomers. Sources said several aspiring candidates in the MDC-T were allegedly aware of plots by provincial party heavyweights to manipulate the confirmation exercise.
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Last week the aspiring candidates distributed fliers with the party’s symbol demanding free and fair primary polls. Some of the fliers that were written, “Primaries for Everyone. No Sacred Cows. Down with Candidate Imposition. Our Party Is A Rich Democracy.”
“Most aspiring candidates are aware of plots by sitting legislators to manipulate the confirmation process in 14 constituencies that were won by MDC-T in the last elections. There is widespread fear that most of the sitting legislators will manipulate the process hence the distribution of fliers demanding free and fair primary elections,” said a source who preferred anonymity.
Out of the 13 sitting MDC-T legislators in Masvingo only Mr Heya Shoko of Bikita is not being challenged while the Gutu South seat is vacant after the death of the late Cabinet Minister Professor Eliphas Mukonoweshuro.
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