The ruling Zanu PF says it will continue to welcome those coming back to the party, secretary for Information and Publicity Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has said.
In a statement in response to accusations that the ruling party was printing opposition MDC Alliance party regalia and membership cards which they dish out to ‘defectors’, Moyo described the allegations as frivolous and baseless.
“Zanu PF has taken note of the spurious, frivolous and baseless allegations emanating from embattled opposition elements accusing the party of printing opposition regalia supposedly to fake opposition defections.
“Without meandering, let those making such allegations awaken to the reality that ZANU PF will continue to welcome warmly, those coming back home and the Party has neither time nor resources to waste printing regalia for embattled political outfits,” said Moyo.
He said the ruling party was not surprised by a party the claims to be the leaders of democracy since those who have joined the ruling party were exercising their democratic right.
“Zanu PF is actually not surprised that the MDC Alliance which claims to be the ‘doyen of democracy’ has started to target those who are exercising their democratic right to leave their party and join ZANU PF, in the process accusing ZANU PF of baseless and nonsensical allegations. These are hard times indeed for the headless and cornered splitting opposition. Let it be known however that this should not be misconstrued as a ZANU PF problem but theirs to solve.
“In the face of massive desertion by young people and their founding stalwarts the MDC Alliance instead of self-introspecting itself, the best they have done is to attack their former member, accuse them for exercising their democratic right to freedom of association, as well as accusing ZANU PF of destroying the MDCs by way of accepting and receiving those leaving MDCs. This is not only laughable and shameless but a clear indication the opposition groups have ran out of steam,” he said.
The ruling party, Moyo said is focused on mass mobilisation and recruitment programs which have seen senior opposition stalwarts coming back home to join the party under a campaign dubbed ‘Be Part of the 5 million’.
