WASHINGTON DC —
Ibandla leMDC elikhokhelwa nguMnumzana Morgan Tsvangirai selikhuthaze abasekeli balo abangaba bencitshwa ukudlwa okwabelwa abalambayo yinkampani kahulumende eye Grain Marketing Board (GMB) ukuthi bazise iziphathamandla zebandla ukuze zithathe amanyathelo phezu kwaloludaba.
Abasekeli balelibandla endaweni ezitshiyeneyo zelizwe, ezigoqela iMudzi North bathi bancitshwa umumbu ovela eGMB ngosobhuku abasekela ibandla leZanu PF.
"Okwenzakalayo esigabeni seMudzi lakwezinye indawo yikuthi abasekeli bethu bancitshwa ukudla ngosobhuku beZanu PF," kutsho uMnu Golden Nyazviko olilunga leMDC-T.
"Abantu abanengi abavunanga luthokulesisigaba njalo bayalamba. Yinto embi kakhulu ukuthi ukuthi osobhuku laba bayabandlulula abasekeli bebandla lethu."
Umsekeli wesikhulumeli salelibandla uMnu Joel Gabuza uthi abancitshwa ukudla laba kumele bazise ibandla ukwenzela ukuthi iziphathamandla zikhulumisane lohulumende.
"Nxa kuyikuthi kuyenzakala lokhu, abasekeli bethu kumele bazise iziphathamandla zebandla ukuze sibelobufakazi esingahamba labo kuhulumende simbuze ukuthi kanti kungani kusenzeka lokhu," kutsho uMnu Gabuza.
Abasekeli balelibandla endaweni ezitshiyeneyo zelizwe, ezigoqela iMudzi North bathi bancitshwa umumbu ovela eGMB ngosobhuku abasekela ibandla leZanu PF.
"Okwenzakalayo esigabeni seMudzi lakwezinye indawo yikuthi abasekeli bethu bancitshwa ukudla ngosobhuku beZanu PF," kutsho uMnu Golden Nyazviko olilunga leMDC-T.
"Abantu abanengi abavunanga luthokulesisigaba njalo bayalamba. Yinto embi kakhulu ukuthi ukuthi osobhuku laba bayabandlulula abasekeli bebandla lethu."
Umsekeli wesikhulumeli salelibandla uMnu Joel Gabuza uthi abancitshwa ukudla laba kumele bazise ibandla ukwenzela ukuthi iziphathamandla zikhulumisane lohulumende.
"Nxa kuyikuthi kuyenzakala lokhu, abasekeli bethu kumele bazise iziphathamandla zebandla ukuze sibelobufakazi esingahamba labo kuhulumende simbuze ukuthi kanti kungani kusenzeka lokhu," kutsho uMnu Gabuza.