By Dalubuhle Khumalo
In a hard-hitting statement, former Citizens Coalition of Change (CCC) Deputy Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, Lovemore Chinoputsa has apportioned the current turbulence in the opposition outfit to a grouping of conflict-preneurs abusing their proximity to Nelson Chamisa to malign and alienate other members of that party.
To date, Amos Chibaya, Gift Ostalos Siziva and Promise Mkhwananzi have been singled out as the faces of the conflict-preneuers.
Chinoputsa discloses that the conflict-preneurs preys on Chamisa’s insecurities and constant fear of losing his top post.
He further confessed that the strategic ambiguity as a political strategy was a total failure.
The disclosures by insiders such as Chonoputsa vindicates ZANU PF that stand accused of sponsoring dissent in the opposition circles.
“It is a given fact that there are many Conflict-preneurs who are amongst the opposition contingent who have seized every opportunity to malign and alienate others from the project.
“They remain wolves in sheep clothing who have taken it upon themselves to gate keep and frustrate many people out of the party. These pseudo revolutionaries feed into the fears of the Leader to constantly whisper into his ears that there are people who want to wrestle leadership from him.”
“Their end game cannot be understood, their motives cannot be understood, their handlers remain a mystery and I suspect that they are strategically positioned around the leader to ensure that he is in constant fear on a non-existent threat.”
Chinoputsa disclosed that Chamisa was losing popularity each passing day making it a tall order for him to contest against ZANU PF in 2028.
“I wonder how such behaviour can ever win Zimbabwe for change when numbers are constantly and consistently being reduced every day. In my view, there are many people now who cannot keep up with this madness and who would rather watch from the terraces as the dog eat dog situation in the opposition continues unabated. There are many in the trenches who do not subscribe to this mudslinging,” he said.
Turning to the strategic ambiguity as a political strategy, Chinoputsa said the party membership was: “waiting for the day where everyone will accept that the Strategic ambiguity era is over, that the strategic ambiguity as a political strategy had more weaknesses than benefits. Leadership entails owning up and accepting that things did not go the way we expected.
