Chamisa opens up on CCC future
On Friday, Chamisa suffered a severe blow after the High Court barred his recalled candidates such as interim deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba from contesting the pending polls.
This followed a High Court challenge by Tshabangu, who submitted that the recalled CCC officials had ceased to be party members following their recall.
A day earlier, the Chamisa group had lost another court bid to stop the pending polls.
Yesterday, Chamisa said losing control of CCC will not mark the end of the project amid indications that he was mulling ditching the party’s name and rebranding into a new opposition party to escape Tshabangu’s onslaught.
“Who says the CCC as it was the destination,” Chamisa replied when asked about claims that he wanted to ditch the CCC name.
“Maybe, the CCC was just a bridge, a detour...puncturing the wheels of the CCC does not mean that we will not reach our destination.
“Instead, they (opponents) are just redirecting us to the main road.
“You cannot have an omelette without breaking an egg, and by sabotaging the CCC they are helping out to make an omelette.”
Chamisa said the CCC can easily rebrand into a new entity.
“Zimbabwe is going to have a new leadership, chosen by the people and supported by the people,” he said.
“People must be very clear and not despair.
“They will try and sabotage our journey, but, who knows, we may have many more (parties) continuing with the journey if they sabotage the CCC.”
The party’s interim deputy spokesperson first let the cat out of the bag on plans to re-launch under a new name last week.
According to Siziba, Chamisa may emerge as leader of the “democratic alternative in Zimbabwe.
A number of commentators, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson went into a frenzy with speculation that CCC had rebranded to DAZ and adopted blue as its new colour. CCC’s colour is yellow. Chamisa has in the past dismissed Tshabangu as a Zanu PF proxy.
He repeated the same claims yesterday.
“It’s (President Emmerson) Mnangagwa and his hand is all over,” Chamisa said on Tshabangu’s move to recall his MPs, senators and councillors.
“You don’t tear apart the constitution, tear apart the will of the people.
“You can’t undermine institutions, capture and contaminate the institutions of the state, decimate and puncture the confidence of the citizens in institutions of the state, defile the halls of justice, and still expect the country to smell nice.
“It’s not possible, and we will not be defeated. They will never sabotage our journey.”
Chamisa has refused to recognise Mnangagwa’s legitimacy following the August 23 elections citing vote fraud and intimidation of his supporters before and during the election.
In 2018, Chamisa refused to accept election results after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared winner.