: MDC suspends its UK leadership

MDC suspends its UK leadership
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zno editor on 01 December, 2009 11:20:00
 
The concerns were raised by the MDC party’s Secretary General Tendai Biti’s
brother, Stanford Biti.
A tabloid story authored by one publication made announcement Friday stating
that the publication could ’sensationally’ reveal this suspension.
We herewith re-publish (below) the suspension letter written by Tendai Biti
whose brother Stanford Biti in the UK leads the group set up to reveal the
alleged scandal.
Subject: SUSPENSION OF UK/IRELAND PROVINCE
To: tendayigoneso, jchawora, sakile
Cc: “tendai biti” , “Toendepi Shonhe”
Date: Friday, 27 November, 2009, 16:20
Good day
Please find attached a letter from the MDC Secretary General Hon. Tendai Biti.
Regards
Sharon M. Mhizha
Executive Assistant
MDC
The suspension letter
27 November 2009
The Provincial Secretary
UK/Ireland Province
United Kingdom
Ref: Suspension of UK/Ireland Province with effect from 17 November 2009
Pursuant of the submission of your financial report to the party leadership, the
party leaders met and deliberated on the report and was shocked by the extent of
the financial irregularities in the UK and Ireland accounts.
Irregularities were particularly noted on remittances and carry over balances on
membership cards anmd bank balances. Furthermore, the party leadership noted the
failure on the part of the UK and Ireland province to submit regular financial
reports as per instructions issued to your province on 17 October 2007 by the
deputy treasurer General and by the Deputy Secretary on 20 June 2008.
The party leadership also noted with concern the diminished and arrested
functionality of the UK/Ireland province due to extensive bickering and negative
application energy.
Accordingly, the party leadership resolved as follows.
1.With effect from 17 November 2009, the UK/Ireland province be and is hereby
suspended indefinitely pending full -scale investigations into the alleged
financial irregularities and the disfunctionally of the UK/Ireland province.
2.Pending the findings of the investigations Head Office shall forthwith deal
directly with the UK/Ireland District and branches.
3.An investigating committee whose terms of reference shall be set  out by the
party leadership be constituted
This order prohibits the suspended leadership from engaging in any party
activities or to purport to represent the party in the United Kingdom/Ireland
province, in any capacity whatsoever.
Please be advised that the Investigating Committee will soon be dispatched to
carry out investigations and in this regard, further details will be advised in
due course
Hon. Tendai Biti
Cc National Standing Committee and National Executive