MDC-T should manage carefully its primary elections

THE fracas surrounding the MDC-T’s candidate selection ahead of this year’s harmonised elections need to be handled properly so that it allows the party to inject new blood into its system while ensuring that bankable experience is not thrown out the window.

Given that hundreds of party members from all the provinces have expressed willingness to represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections, it is important to strike a fine balancing act and ensure that whatever decisions are made and candidates selected would not compromise the party’s stability.

The battle for Harare West pitting sitting MP Jessie Majome and aspiring candidate, Joanna Mamombe is a case in point.

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