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| Zanu PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda |
…no joy for G40 linked members
Upenyu Chaota
The
ruling Zanu PF party has set the stage for its District Coordinating Committee
(DCC) elections in eight provinces with the national political commissar Victor
Matemadanda laying down the rules for the game which will shut out all members
with a tainted history and those with links to the vanquished G40 faction.
Harare and
Bulawayo provinces were the first do their DCC elections and Zanu PF hopes to
conduct the process in the remaining eight provinces on the same day.
A total
of 23 posts will be contested in the DCC elections.
In a
circular from Matemadanda to provincial chairpersons, a 5 year membership threshold
has been imposed on all prospecting candidates.
Provinces
have been instructed to hold inter-district meetings to facilitate the process
of receiving CVs from prospecting candidates.
“Provinces
are requested to hold inter-district meetings to organise and facilitate the
receiving of CVs from candidates intending to contest the DCC elections in
positions of their choice.
“Interested
candidates should have at least five year membership within the district
executive and should have no pending disciplinary issues with the party,” reads
the circular.
The circular
also puts it down that any member who holds a higher office and is interested
in contesting for the DCC positions, should resign first before contesting.
Positions
for secretary for women, secretary for youth and secretary for war veterans will
only be voted for by the women, youth and war veterans respectively.
The
DCCs were disbanded in 2012 to quell divisive factionalism which had ravaged
the party back then as bigwigs were fighting to control the grassroots
structures in the race to position themselves to succeed former president
Robert Mugabe.
Former Vice-President
Joice Mujuru and former Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly led
factions back then which were vying to succeed Mugabe.
The return
of DCCs, according to Zanu PF, will help the party coordinate programmes at the
grassroots level as they drum up support ahead of the 2023 elections.
