Zimbabwe
National Students Unions (ZINASU) executive members today disrupted a press
conference orgainized by ZINASU president, Gilbert Mutubuki, accusing him of
convening the event without their knowledge associating with the Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) Renewal party.
Business
came to a standstill at the Media Centre, when rowdy ZINASU members led by some
members of the Mutubuki-led executive stormed the press conference room
blocking him for addressing journalists.
Mutubuki
and a colleague were violently removed from the top table by ZINASU members and
had to be protected by security guards the venue of the press conference.
ZINASU
ecretary general, Obey Sithole, told VOA
Studio 7 the blocked the press conference because it was not sanctioned by
the executive. But Mutubuki accused his ZINASU colleagues of hiring MDC
Tsvangirai formation activists to disrupt his press conference.
ZINASU
spokesman Avoid Masiraha hit back accusing Mutubuki of preaching MDC Renewal
politics in the organization.
He
further accused Mutubuki of trying to replace all executive members with those
members aligned to his party saying they will block his attempts.
MDC
Renewal spokesperson, Jacob Maumee, said the MDC T cannot dictate who the
students must align to adding the students body is a thinking mass and it
gravitates towards those they think have are a viable option.
MDC -T
spokesperson Obert Gutu said his was a democratic party, which respects
people’s freedom of association.
He
added that while his party would persuade people it would not force people to
join it.
In
2009 ZINASU split over a decision whether or not to support the MDC-T in the
constitution making process. -Voice Of America Studio 7.
Pride Mkono(extreme-right) with other ZINASU members
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Pride Mkono(extreme-right) with other ZINASU members
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