Former MDC-T official, Obert Gutu and former MDC Alliance Chitungwiza Senator James Makore have joined Zanu-PF.
Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed that Gutu and Makore have joined the ruling party.
“We’re excited to announce that former MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu and Senator James Makore have joined the People’s Party – Zanu PF,” tweeted Simon Khaya Moyo.
The two met President Mnangagwa and Constantino Chiwenga in a meeting held at state house today.
The meeting was also attended by Zanu PF national chair Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, Masvingo provincial chairman Cde Ezra Chadzamira and Politburo member Cde Lovemore Matuke.
James Makore started his political career in Zanu-PF before joining opposition politics.
Following the demise of Morgan Tsvangirai, he found himself at sea in the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance which abandoned its original ideological and values moorings to float radar-less in uncharted waters.
Cde Makore bemoaned the fact of a juvenile leadership without any sense of grounding in Liberation Struggle and National Interest, instead seeking relevance in reflexive and directionless opposition for the sake of opposition.
Cde Obert Gutu who is a lawyer by profession left the Chamisa-led opposition after the death of Tsvangirai, to temporarily find a new home under Thokozani Khupe.
Later, he resigned from that outfit to ply politics outside any formal organizational structure. After sleeping over the situation, revealed Cde Gutu, he decided to rejoin Zanu-PF to harmonize his conscience and his politics.
He said he found the sterility of aimless opposition too much for him, thus obeying the urge to join hands under Zanu-PF in order to move the country forward in unity and shared vision.
