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Police block Kasukuwere's Mugabe solidarity march
03 Apr 2017 at 03:41hrs | Views
Police in Bindura reportedly turned down an application by troubled Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere to stage a President Robert Mugabe solidarity march on Sunday.
Kasukuwere is desperate to show his support towards Mugabe amid reports he is pushing to topple the veteran ruler.
Today, hundreds of Zanu PF members in Bundura are today expected to demonstrate aganist Kasukuwere in a bid to push for his expulsion from the party on allegations of plotting to unconstitutionally topple Mugabe.
According to police sources, party members loyal Kasukuwere wrote a letter to Bindura police requesting permission to hold the march, but the request was dismissed because of another programme which had already been approved, Herald reported.
He is accused of trying to capture party structures via candidate impositions with the ultimate objective of advocating for an Extraordinary Zanu-PF Congress ahead of next year's harmonised elections to replace the party's President and First Secretary, Mugabe, who has since been endorsed by provinces as the party's sole candidate.
Sources in Mashonaland Central said at least three quarters of the Members of Parliament in the province have also endorsed the holding of today's demonstration.
"People here are fed up with Cde Kasukuwere and his brother's leadership. At first, people thought this was going to end, but they have realised that these brothers are up to something," said a member of the provincial executive.
"They tried to intimidate me but I stood my ground," he said.
"Cde Kasukuwere has been working against the President and it is not the first time that I am saying that. They (youths loyal to Cde Kasukuwere) confronted me but I stood my ground. You (The Herald) are doing a great job because these guys have become a problem, especially for people in Mashonaland Central."
Kasukuwere is desperate to show his support towards Mugabe amid reports he is pushing to topple the veteran ruler.
Today, hundreds of Zanu PF members in Bundura are today expected to demonstrate aganist Kasukuwere in a bid to push for his expulsion from the party on allegations of plotting to unconstitutionally topple Mugabe.
According to police sources, party members loyal Kasukuwere wrote a letter to Bindura police requesting permission to hold the march, but the request was dismissed because of another programme which had already been approved, Herald reported.
He is accused of trying to capture party structures via candidate impositions with the ultimate objective of advocating for an Extraordinary Zanu-PF Congress ahead of next year's harmonised elections to replace the party's President and First Secretary, Mugabe, who has since been endorsed by provinces as the party's sole candidate.
Sources in Mashonaland Central said at least three quarters of the Members of Parliament in the province have also endorsed the holding of today's demonstration.
"People here are fed up with Cde Kasukuwere and his brother's leadership. At first, people thought this was going to end, but they have realised that these brothers are up to something," said a member of the provincial executive.
"They tried to intimidate me but I stood my ground," he said.
"Cde Kasukuwere has been working against the President and it is not the first time that I am saying that. They (youths loyal to Cde Kasukuwere) confronted me but I stood my ground. You (The Herald) are doing a great job because these guys have become a problem, especially for people in Mashonaland Central."
Source - Herald
