I have noted press reports stating that I was elected to the National Executive of the faction of the MDC which held its Congress in Bulawayo on the 25th and 26th February 2006. This is not correct. In letters written to both Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda dated the 20th February 2006 I gave notice that I would not be attending either Congress of the two factions and would not seek election, nor accept nomination, to either Executive of the two factions, pending the finalisation of my attempt to assist in achieving an amicable settlement of the dispute between the two factions. I stated to both Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Sibanda that once that process is over I will then, at that stage, decide where my political home will be. I recognise that this decision may well result in me not having an Executive position in future but believe that it is important that someone should at least try to reconcile the two factions.
I did not attend the Congress in Bulawayo over the weekend and am accordingly surprised that I am reported as having been elected. I presume that a mistake must have been made.
The Honourable Mr David Coltart MP
Bulawayo South