Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst) President, Dr Maxwell Shumba has lashed at Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader, Elton Mangoma accusing him of abusing his party name which he says is displayed the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) campaign posters despite the fact that they have withdrew their membership from the alliance.
Shumba recently withdrew from CODE citing alleged Mangoma’s alleged interference from his party business by sponsoring a rival faction that sought to fire the ZimFirst leader.
According to Shumba, Dereck Lupemba, the former Vice President of ZimFirst, has been masquerading as the president of the faction that broke ranks from his party.
In a strongly worded email sent to Mangoma seen by 263Chat, Shumba threatened to take legal action if CODE continues to use ZimFirst on its campaign posters.
“Dear Mr Elton Mangoma! ZimFirst has noted with disgust your continued arrogance ignoring our position that ZimFirst officially left CODE and any association with our name liable to prosecution in the court of law. As been clearly stated to you in previous communications, the appearance of our name on any CODE material is a violation of the terms ZimFirst set when it withdrew its membership in CODE.
“Please be advised that the flier attached herein is a violation of our party position with regards to CODE. Please remove our name,” wrote Shumba.
Relations between the two politicians took a nosedive earlier this year when Shumba pulled out of the CODE citing dictatorial tendencies by the former Energy and Power Development Minister.
One of the most recent posters by CODE proclaiming that ZimFirst is part of the opposition union.
Shumba accused Mangoma of causing divisions within his party by planting surrogates who were planning to wrestle power during Shumba’s absence.
