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EMBATTLED former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president has himself to blame for the chaos in the party that eventually forced him to abandon the political organisation last week.

In retrospect, some members have said that the very formation of CCC was not a result of discussions leading to a common resolution by the party but a personal decision by Mr Chamisa as part of his power grab mission.

This was after he lost the MDC-Alliance to Mr Douglas Mwonzora and many believe the very formation of CCC had its foundation on a personal mission by Mr Chamisa to form a party where he had absolute control.

As has been raised in this platform before, Mr Chamisa did not hide that he wanted to go it alone by avoiding holding an elective congress that would have set up proper structures for the party leading to some scornfully referring to his party as Chamisa Chete Chete.

It is from the confusion of lacking structures that Mr Sengezo Tshabangu emerged as the party’s “interim secretary-general” and caused several recalls from Parliament, Senate and local authorities.

Smarting from the “strategic ambiguity” that never was, Mr Chamisa last week threw in the towel and abandoned ship following weeks of speculation that he wanted to form a new organisation.

Conventional wisdom has warned against the act of walking backward as one risks falling and getting injured.

In qualifying his strategic ambiguity, Mr Chamisa coined the phrase, “sihamba nyovane, siyangena nyovane,” but last year’s harmonised elections where President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF romped to shattering victory proved the impotence of the then opposition leader’s strategy.

By walking backwards, Mr Chamisa not only missed the door to the corridors of power but also tripped and fell from his seat as leader of the CCC.

As usual, in justifying the epic failure of his strategy, Mr Chamisa tried to blame the Government and the ruling Zanu-PF party for his misfortune only that this is now an overplayed opposition song and Zimbabweans know better.

It is against this background that Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, rightly said the resignation of Mr Chamisa “is a non-event, which is not surprising given that the CCC formation originates from various

MDC formations riddled with infighting, internal contradictions, dictatorship, puppetry and leadership deficiency.”

“The rantings and misleading empty statement are not based on law, but on imagination, lack of understanding the legislation related to electoral laws, the role and mandate of observer missions and deficiency in the running and management of a political party,” said Dr Muswere.

“Historically, opposition formations are in the habit of donating their leadership or partners to Government or Zanu-PF, but after they make amends, they have never reverted to correct their misinformation to the constituencies.

“If you analyse most of the members of the structure-less opposition have been part of different formations and have along the way been donated in the media to Government or the ruling party in the past”.