Brighton Chiseva
MASVINGO – Zanu PF officials are complaining of ill-treatment by registry official when they bring their supporters to acquire identity documents.
This came out during Masvingo Provincial inter district meeting where the province passed resolutions for the 2022 national elective congress in which they endorsed President Mnangagwa as the sole presidential candidate in the 2023 harmonised elections.
One party chairperson complained that they were facing challenges at the registry offices when they bring people who need national IDs to use for voter registration as the party targets to get 5 million votes in the 2023 general elections.
“We need your help chairman, we carry people to registry offices to get IDs, but when we get there, the officers there are problematic, can you intervene and help us please,” he said
Responding to the issue, Provincial Chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa said they will engage the Minister who is in charge of all ministries in the province to intervene.
Mavhenyengwa also said party leaders were supposed to mobilise themselves and get inputs and other government benefits first so that they won’t tussle with people they lead.
“No Zanu PF chairperson should fail to get inputs, you should benefit first before the others so that you integrity is preserved when others tussle,” said Mavhenyengwa
Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira assured party chairpersons that he will look into the issue of registry officers saying all government departments should work with party chairpersons.
“You as party chairpersons should work with all government departments. If anyone refuse to work with you report to me, we will tell them to go and wait until the government they want gets in power then they return” said Chadzamira
Chadzamira also ordered party chairpersons to submit their names to leaders who so that they get inputs from
“Bring your names, we sign for you and you get inputs from GMB so that when they come for everyone you don’t take anything, Movaudza kuti is sevakuru hatitori ndezvenyu imi muchiziva zvenyu kuti madaya kare ,” said Chadzamira
