Ncube faction rapped

It also did not want DPM Mutambara to address delegates in his Government capacity.
“There is a difference between a point of principle and wanting to humiliate someone. In this case, they just wanted to humiliate Mutambara in the process reducing the nation into a nation of petty people,” said University of Zim­babwe law lecturer Professor Lovemore Madhuku.
“They must accept that the case of their party status is still at the Supreme Court. There is still a legal basis that should have been enough for them to have tolerance.”
Prof Madhuku said DPM Mutam­bara was still recognised as DPM, a capacity he used in his address.
He said it was hypocritical for the MDC to claim that they did not want Prof Mutambara to speak when they attend Cabinet and other Govern­ment busi­nesses where DPM Mutam­bara would be present.
UZ lecturer in the Department of International Rela­tions Dr Charity Manyeruke said the faction should have put national inter­est ahead of personal interests.
“It is very unfortunate that Professor Ncube’s party behaved like that because this was a national process that did not deserve such actions. What is also obvi­ous is that differ­ences may have been there but it did not stop the national process despite one person boycotting.”