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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Bulawayo Correspondent<\/b> – SIX Zapu leaders have been confirmed as the party\u2019s presidential candidates while more nominations can still come from the floor during this month\u2019s congress.<\/p>\n

The opposition party will be holding its elective congress from 29 to 30 October at the Bulawayo Amphitheatre.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference in Bulawayo Friday, the opposition party\u2019s secretary-general Strike Mkandla said the six candidates who will be battling it out in the internal elections are himself, party treasurer-general Mark Mbayiwa, former Matebeleland South chairperson Matthew Sibanda, United Kingdom-based Sithembiso Mpofu, Bernard Magugu and Sibangalizwe Nkomo.<\/p>\n

Nkomo is the son of late Zimbabwe\u2019s Vice President Joshua Nkomo and is the top contender for the presidential seat.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Zapu Bulawayo province nominated him to contest the party\u2019s top post amid allegations of vote-buying and manipulation of the party\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

According to party sources, some disgruntled delegates from Bulawayo South boycotted the provincial congress citing irregularities in the manner the elections were being conducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere could be seven candidates as there is still a possibility of a nomination from the floor during the congress to take care of whoever is left out for one reason or the other,\u201d Mkandla said.<\/p>\n

Congress allows nomination from the floor. If one can garner a certain percentage from the present delegates, one can then enter the ballot box as well right on the day of the congress itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party provides for that provided one actually satisfies the requirements in the vetting form for candidates, which is 25% of the present people at the congress,\u201d Mkandla added.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the same press conference, the party\u2019s acting president Isaac Mabuka dismissed reports that the entrance of Nkomo into the presidential race had divided the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have heard a lot that the party is splitting. That is not true. We have not skipped any stage of preparations. Last year, branches elected branch executive committees in their areas,\u201d Mabuka said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince we have 220 constituencies, geographically they become our districts where district committees are elected and each district nominates one person who must be part of the National People\u2019s Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the acting Zapu President admitted Masvingo and Harare provinces had failed to hold their provincial congresses due to \u201chitches\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are passing through a lot of turbulence. We are on a flight, it can never really be as smooth as we expect, but as far as I know, we are very stable. When other political parties do their elections, there are squabbles, and physical squabbles have not happened here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During the congress, delegates will elect the president, vice president, national chairperson, secretary-general, and treasurer-general.<\/p>\n

Mabuka also dismissed the widely held perception that the party is regional.<\/p>\n

The new president will replace the late Dumiso Dabengwa who died in May 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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