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(NEWZIMBABWE) MDC-T targets corrupt ministers, MPs

MDC-T targets corrupt ministers, MPs
31/08/2012 00:00:00
by Moses Chibaya

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said a campaign against corruption which recently saw 12 councillors being expelled from the party would be extended to include ministers and legislators.

Last Friday the party expelled 12 officials and cautioned 13 others following an investigation into the 10 urban councils run by the party by a commission of enquiry led by deputy secretary general, Tapiwa Mashakada.

But Tsvangirai told reporters during his monthly press conference in Harare Thursday that the anti-graft probe would be widened to include cabinet ministers and legislators.

“The probe is a continuous probe. Our executive (and) our council will make a recommendation, the standing committee will make an evaluation of what need to be probed,” he said.

“We don’t just look at a particular area. We look at the whole party and how it affects the integrity of the party. So its not just councillors the MPs with the CDF (Constituency Development Fund) we will be looking at them.

“But to me the question of corruption is something that has to be a leadership responsibility it’s not something that you can watch until it becomes a real problem for the party.”

Meanwhile, four of the expelled councillors were from Harare, three from Gweru, three from Bindura and the other tow from Kwekwe and Zvishavane.

In a statement Thursday the party said: “Despite these few rotten apples that have been dismissed, the National Executive has expressed satisfaction over the performance of the MDC-run councils, especially in areas of water provision and refuse collection.

“The action taken by the MDC leadership will be intensified across the country … the crusade against corruption is in full swing and unstoppable until we clean up all sections of our society of the corruption scourge.”

Labels: MDC CORRUPTION, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI

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