The Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) says party president Douglas Mwonzora has not joined the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform.
In a statement, MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube said Mwonzora recently attended a meeting of POLAD interlocutors not because he had joined it but to talk to it about how it should be transformed. Said, Dube:
At its last but one meeting the National Council resolved that we as MDC will only be part of POLAD under certain conditions.
The main condition was that POLAD should create a platform of Political Parties in Parliament.
Today President ED Mnangagwa invited our MDC President to a POLAD plenary at State House which he said was going to receive the MDC conditions for being part of POLAD.
The invitation by President Mnangagwa is a follow-up to the numerous engagements on proposals for dialogue by the MDC.
President Mwonzora presented the Party position to POLAD, and it was resolved that the POLAD principals will deliberate on the MDC position.
Professor Madhuku, one of the principals, has already indicated that his party view the MDC proposals favourably and will be canvassing for their adoption as a dialogue roadmap.
In August last year, Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba said they were waiting for the formal invitation from the POLAD secretariat and the party would then consider joining the group.