“Kwanai! Miswai!”: Chamisa fires back to those who are claiming he’s now siding with ZANU-PF

Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected claims that he was given millions by ZANU PF to weaken the opposition and support the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill Number 3.

Chamisa hit back on social media on Wednesday, calling the allegations “fake news” and part of a propaganda campaign.

The accusations stem from his perceived lack of vigour in opposing CAB3, which is currently before Parliament and proposes changing the election cycle from five to seven years and shifting the power to elect the president from the public to MPs.

“GET YOUR HEADS EXAMINED… Some people really amaze me,” Chamisa wrote.

“Do you honestly believe that if the Chamisa you constantly gaslight and vilify had agreed to be co-opted by ED, there would have been any need to hire that Chabangu as the manufactured face of a government-sponsored opposition?”

He questioned the logic of the claims, pointing to ZANU-PF’s sustained campaign against him.

“Do you think they would have spent billions in taxpayers’ money buying off individuals, organisations, and institutions, including some within the region, to discredit and destroy the very person they were supposedly working with? Why spend billions… giving cars, to destroy the credibility of someone who was supposedly on your side?”

“Why would an ally cause you sleepless nights. Give us a break! Kwanai! Miswai! The logic simply does not add up. If someone is part of your project, you do not expend enormous resources undermining, isolating, and dismantling them.”

Chamisa, who has previously called the allegations a “propaganda campaign of fake news, fabricated falsehoods and contrived lies being sponsored by the oppressors,” reiterated that Zimbabwe faces a governance and constitutional crisis.

“We’re chalk and cheese, oil and water. We can’t mix! And I’m proud of that record!” he added.

The former opposition leader has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to subject the proposed changes to a referendum, arguing they bypass constitutional requirements.

Chamisa said the issue “transcends political parties” and “concerns the future of the country as a whole.”