Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim treasurer Mbuso Siso has challenged his outster by the divided party’s self-appointed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu, describing the move as null and void.
In a letter dated March 3, Siso accused Tshabangu of unconstitutionally removing him and appointing a replacement.
“I refer to the recent correspondence and public announcements emanating from your office, wherein you have purported to remove me from my portfolio as Interim treasurer general,” Siso wrote.
“This letter serves as formal notice that your actions are null, void, and of no legal or constitutional effect. I am the constitutionally recognized Interim treasurer general of the CCC.”
Siso noted that he was designated as the party’s contact official in submissions to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Local Government minister, and Parliament.
“Your actions flagrantly violate the CCC constitution,” he wrote.
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Siso said Tshabangu had no authority to act alone as the CCC has no constitutionally recognised president or national executive committee supervising the process.
He added that he had received no charge sheet, had not been summoned to any disciplinary hearing, and his right to a fair hearing had been violated.
“As Interim treasurer general, I am responsible for party assets. You have no authority to assume these powers or to interfere with my mandate to safeguard the party’s financial integrity,” Siso wrote.
He demanded that Tshabangu reverse the decision to remove him and retract any public statements claiming he had been lawfully removed.
Siso attached Tshabangu’s October 2023 communication regarding the opening of a party bank account, which he insinuated entitled him to be custodian of party funds.
Tshabangu was yet to respond to Siso’s letter at the time of going to press.
In 2023, the former Matabeleland North MDC-T provincial chairperson shocked Zimbabweans when he emerged from nowhere to claim that he was the CCC interim secretary general.
Tshabangu started recalling elected CCC representatives from Parliament to councils, effectively handing over the seats to Zanu PF as his faction did not field candidates in subsequent by-elections.
CCC founding leader Nelson Chamisa eventually quit the party saying it had been hijacked by Zanu PF. Tshabangu has aligned himself with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF, pushing Zimbabwe into a virtual one party state.