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Zanu-PF defers elections following Chiwenga's military coup
16 Nov 2017 at 06:18hrs | Views
Zanu-PF's Manicaland and Mashonaland West provincial executives yesterday developed cold feet and failed to hold the scheduled central committee elections, citing the tense political situation in the country.
The party's Manicaland provincial secretary for administration Kenneth Saruchera said the elections had been rescheduled to another date.
The central committee elections were reportedly meant to purge allies of former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of Zanu-PF's extraordinary congress scheduled for next month.
Manicaland had recommended the expulsion of 38 officials linked to Mnangagwa, among them politburo members Patrick Chinamasa, Oppah Muchinguri and Christopher Mushohwe.
The party's Manicaland provincial secretary for administration Kenneth Saruchera said the elections had been rescheduled to another date.
The central committee elections were reportedly meant to purge allies of former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of Zanu-PF's extraordinary congress scheduled for next month.
Manicaland had recommended the expulsion of 38 officials linked to Mnangagwa, among them politburo members Patrick Chinamasa, Oppah Muchinguri and Christopher Mushohwe.
Source - newsday
