A report published by the state media and recycled on social forum websites claiming that MDC Legal Secretary has reportedly broken ranks with his boss, Welshman Ncube by blasting the SADC appeal move for which a special summit is being held today Saturday in Maputo, is unverified.
A recording of the alleged speech by Coltart who is also the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, was still not available at the time of writing after it emerged the state media have in the past 3 years been launching personality attacks on key MDC leaders.
The state media on Friday night reported claiming that Coltart the day before criticised his boss Welshman Ncube and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai due to their mission to Maputo where they are taking their pre-election concerns amid revelations that ZANU PF is ignoring crucial reforms such as media and security sector transformation.
A comment from Coltart was expected this weekend after the news articles were published on Friday night. An MDC member who declined being named, told ZimEye that David Coltart was the last person who could have made such utterances.
“I have serious concerns on that article. Do they have a recording of it? I know of a certainty that David has been victim of the state media machinery in recent years.
According to the Herald, Coltart said the habit of taking domestic disputes to SADC, which the MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is fond of, was embarrassing.
“We are a sovereign country and I am a proud Zimbabwean. I do not believe that as a nation we should be guided by any outside country in solving our problems,” Coltart is recorded as having stated.
“It is not worthwhile to be running to Sadc all the time. The irony of it is that when we take our problems to them, we attract criticism and embarrass ourselves.”
The Herald article continued to claim (though without lifting a single quotation of the exact words) Coltart allegedly said that although SADC was the facilitator to the Global Political Agreement, the onus was on Zimbabweans to determine their destiny, also acknowledging that Robert Mugabe acted according to law, according o the Herald.
Mr Coltart, however, noted that there was room for parties to go back to the Constitutional Court, not Sadc, to argue their case citing reasons why they feel July 31 was not feasible, it is claimed.
“I am not one of those who say we should ignore the Constitutional Court ruling because it is binding. I also do not criticise the content of the ruling.
“The correct procedure in my view would be to go back to the Constitutional Court and say it would be difficult to comply with the ruling,” further read the Herald article ascribing words to Coltart.
It was last night speculated that Coltart’s words are a deviation from the official party line and a breaking away from his own boss Welshman Ncube who together with Tsvangirai reacted in anger at the Contitutional Court ruling development which has seen Robert Mugabe rush to prepare the nation for looming elections.
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Bla Miki apparently you now impersonating Senator Coltart too after spending the whole of last week impersonating yourself.Zanu has really gone to the dogs.Im 100% sure now that you are Zvayi.
Welcome home Cde Coltat! And thank u for confirming what the Herald had said earlier on. I trust u know where to put your X on 31 July Cde. Pana mdara! Bhora mugedhi cde Coltart
At least he seems to have seen the light.
Minister Coltart, if it is you who posted a comment above, then the Herald story stands to be true. You have said exactly the same thing with the Herald, the difference though is in phrases. It is true Coltart that SADC has no influence in a constitutional matter and the Herald mentioned that was said by you. Is it not an embarrassment to try and appeal to an institution which does not have any jurisdiction over court orders than to appeal to the constitutional court and the Herald said that you mentioned this? Don’t play mind games and Chitaitai just shut up your stenchy beak, sw1ne.
Mdc changed their own constitution to accommodate certain individual and after all certain members of the Mdc had places reserved during primary elections Mugabe is doing same things as they do.Vakafanana.
I knew it was a lie when I read it from the Herald. Senator Coltart wouldn’t say that.
Zanu PF and Mugabe and his handlers are aware they are going to be wiped out in this election, hence these false reports.
Gore rino vari kuenda.
The Herald report is a complete distortion of what I said. I said that SADC cant resolve the constitutional crisis because it has no powers to change the Constitutional Court ruling – that we have to do ourselves by going back to the Court. I fully support Minister Ncube and the PM’s participation in SADC.
by the way Deputy God flew to Maputo to hoodwink the Sadc after having told the same body he would be unavailable when he was required to attend last Saturday’s meeting . charamba let the cat out of the bag when he said his lord and master was too busy: obviously proclaiming July 31 as polling date . this is perfidy and treachery of the highest order from one who is in his twilight years .he went to the summit with dirty hands after his illegal and treasonous act .
coltart appears never to have said these words . methinks these words are from the mouth of george charamba or jonathan moyo or psychology maziwisa or some such aberrant and crazed lunatic .
Herald nderekupenga chete, manyepo too much
Give us a break from this toilet bowl reporting. You plagiarising stories from the Rhodesia Herald.
Going to SADC is the only option.What can one negotiate with ZanuPF and Mugabe. These people are murderers, after convincing them in any nnegotiation you die in sn accident on your way home. Going to SADC is never and will never be an embarrassment, having to having to comply with a biased court ruling and keeping Mugabe in power at 95 yrs is the biggest embarrassment of all.