Makoni ditches Mutambara

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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 09:49

BY CHIEF REPORTER
HARARE
Presidential candidate Simba Makoni this week ditched opposition leader Arthur Mutambara, hardly a week after his nomination papers were duly accepted by the Nomination Court.
Makoni rejected reports he had entered an electoral pact with Mutambara and said he was contesting the election as an independent candidate and had no ties whatsoever to any of the MDC formations.
Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, the deputy secretary general in Mutambara's MDC had disclosed earlier that Mutambara would become deputy to Makoni in the event that the latter wins the forthcoming presidential election and forms a government of national unity.
Mutambara, who withdrew from the presidential race saying he was contesting the Zengeza West parliamentary election, told a press briefing minutes before Makoni lodged his nomination papers that the ex-Finance minister was a "unifier" and that he was rallying behind him.
In Zengeza West, Mutambara will stand against former trade unionist Collin Gwiyo, representing the mainstream MDC and former war veterans' leader, Patrick Nyaruwata, of Zanu (PF).

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