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Kasukuwere takes fight to Mnangagwa
21 Jun 2017 at 08:23hrs | Views
UNDER-FIRE Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere has threatened a gloves off affair, as he takes his antagonists head-on in today's politburo meeting, which is set to decide on his fate following accusations he had formed parallel structures to topple President Robert Mugabe.
Kasukuwere was left hanging by a thread last week after his issue was tabled before the politburo, but later deferred to today.
In a video recorded in Mashonaland Central, Kasukuwere, at what appeared to be a funeral, declared he was ready for a fight against his adversaries, whom he accused of working to topple Mugabe.
"He is our President and no one will waylay him. We are there to defend our President and don't listen to the nonsense about the chaos in Mashonaland Central," he said.
"We know who was behind all those nefarious resolutions. We will be going back to the politburo on Wednesday (today) and we will be telling them."
Speaking figuratively, Kasukuwere said he did not fear taking his accusers head-on.
The Local Government minister said he was aware of a plot to remove Mugabe from power, which is similar to the one that caused the firing of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru from the party.
"I decided to say this because you might be confused, the issue is so small," he said.
"There are those who think they have been delayed (in succeeding Mugabe), but this is what caused us to fire Mujuru. We will not hesitate to fire you if you think you have been delayed."
In a thinly veiled attack, widely seen as targeting Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been touted as a front runner to take over from Mugabe, Kasukuwere said he was ready to expose those who have been nicodemusly approaching him for support.
"The problem of Mashonaland Central is that we refused factionalism," he charged.
"We refused to be co-opted into a scheme to remove the President. We refused and we have evidence to that effect.
"We will be presenting it before the leadership and say on this day, you approached me and said this, but I refused; on that particular day, you came to our province with helicopters with so and so and went to Chiweshe for a meeting.
"We see it. We can smell it and we can sense it."
Mnangagwa and army commanders normally use helicopters when traveling within the country.
The Kasukuwere probe report, done by a team led by Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, recommended that the secret service investigates whether Kasukuwere was guilty of treason charges.
In another video in which Kasukuwere was addressing a private meeting of close associates, the Local Government minister said Mugabe had not rested since 2013.
"He has not been given a chance to deliver on behalf of the country, because everyone close to him thinks it's their time," he said.
"Instead of allowing him time to deliver, they say no 'it's my time to take over'.
"Mugabe has not been given a chance to attend to road construction, construction of dams, hospitals.
Kasukuwere was left hanging by a thread last week after his issue was tabled before the politburo, but later deferred to today.
In a video recorded in Mashonaland Central, Kasukuwere, at what appeared to be a funeral, declared he was ready for a fight against his adversaries, whom he accused of working to topple Mugabe.
"He is our President and no one will waylay him. We are there to defend our President and don't listen to the nonsense about the chaos in Mashonaland Central," he said.
"We know who was behind all those nefarious resolutions. We will be going back to the politburo on Wednesday (today) and we will be telling them."
Speaking figuratively, Kasukuwere said he did not fear taking his accusers head-on.
The Local Government minister said he was aware of a plot to remove Mugabe from power, which is similar to the one that caused the firing of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru from the party.
"I decided to say this because you might be confused, the issue is so small," he said.
"There are those who think they have been delayed (in succeeding Mugabe), but this is what caused us to fire Mujuru. We will not hesitate to fire you if you think you have been delayed."
"The problem of Mashonaland Central is that we refused factionalism," he charged.
"We refused to be co-opted into a scheme to remove the President. We refused and we have evidence to that effect.
"We will be presenting it before the leadership and say on this day, you approached me and said this, but I refused; on that particular day, you came to our province with helicopters with so and so and went to Chiweshe for a meeting.
"We see it. We can smell it and we can sense it."
Mnangagwa and army commanders normally use helicopters when traveling within the country.
The Kasukuwere probe report, done by a team led by Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, recommended that the secret service investigates whether Kasukuwere was guilty of treason charges.
In another video in which Kasukuwere was addressing a private meeting of close associates, the Local Government minister said Mugabe had not rested since 2013.
"He has not been given a chance to deliver on behalf of the country, because everyone close to him thinks it's their time," he said.
"Instead of allowing him time to deliver, they say no 'it's my time to take over'.
"Mugabe has not been given a chance to attend to road construction, construction of dams, hospitals.
Source - newsday
