The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reportedly disbanded interim structures across the country, replacing them with constituency steering committees and ward coordinators to run party affairs.
The political outfit led by Nelson Chamisa will also appoint point persons in each street in towns, and every village.
NewZimbabwe.com reports that the development was revealed at the weekend during CCC’s strategic meeting held at the party’s offices in Chinhoyi.
The move is largely seen to counter assertions by critics such as exiled former Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Jonathan Moyo, who alleged CCC was a secret society without structures.
A source who attended the CCC meeting told NewZimbabwe.com, that the party had chosen the consensus route as it was wary of possible infiltration and would not be rushed to convening a congress to elect leaders. s
Said the source who requested anonymity as they are not authorised to speak to the media:
The party belongs to citizens who are the Change Champions.
We have decided to do away with all interim posts like interim chairman, organiser or spokesperson at district, provincial and national level.
Instead, we now have the task of seconding individuals into the constituency steering committees, identifying ward coordinators and street and village point people.
For now, talk of congress is far-fetched.
These structures will be responsible for coordinating all CCC meetings, activities and programmes.
The dissolved interim posts were inherited from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), where the CCC morphed from, in January 2022.
CCC, which is yet to draft a constitution, insists it won’t hold an elective congress before the 2023 harmonised elections and is unanimous that Chamisa is the presidential candidate.
However, CCC would choose ward and parliamentary candidates by consensus, and not primary elections.
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The reason for disbanding the interim leadership is because many interim leaders from the Alliance are not wanted/trusted by Chamisa. He hopes the citizens will reject the ones he does not like. All the same, This is still undemocratic. I also hear, Chamisa is afraid of Wiwa, Mahere & Biti. He prefers the daft Karenyi Kore because she will never outclass him. The ward & constituency leaders will be impossed, not elected. The consensus approach is chaotic & will lead to imposition of candidates. Many candidates will be disgruntled & there will be double or multiple candites. Zanu PF may sponsor chaos. At least Chamisa is partially admitting the need for structures, but he is avoiding internal elections because many of his favourite Cronies will lose & the people he hates will win. A party cannot function without grassroots structures & focal persons & foot soldiers.