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More protests rock fractious Zanu-PF
28 Jun 2013 at 06:06hrs | Views
Hundreds of disgruntled Zanu-PF members from various yesterday besieged the party headquarters in Harare in protest over irregularities in the just-ended primary elections, widening fissures in the former ruling party.
Yesterday, informed sources said Zanu-PF provincial election directorates countrywide were besieged by disgruntled party functionaries over the way the internal polls were conducted.
Supporters of Mbare losing candidate Nelson Mashiri accused the winning candidate Tendai Savanhu of using the dreaded Chipangano militia to perpetrate violence against them.
The Zanu PF national elections directorate's crunch meeting last week was rocked by fierce clashes with party bigwigs - secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and women's league secretary Oppah Muchinguri - reportedly confronting each other over the primary elections candidates list.
Party insiders said the tense meeting held at the Zanu-PF headquarters was almost disrupted after Mutasa dismissed Muchinguri's contribution, saying he was the most senior official from Manicaland and fully understood what was good for the party.
Meanwhile, Home Affairs co-minister Theresa Makine has condemned Zanu-PF for abusing police officers in the primary elections by using them to supervise the shambolic vote.
Makone made the remarks in Parliament on Wednesday when she was answering questions from legislators during Parliament's question time.
It is reported that the Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders have embarked on a full-throttle campaign for Zanu-PF by ordering all officers in charge of police stations to ensure that all subordinates and their next of kin, particularly those residing in the camps, are registered to vote for the party.
A senior police officer said this directive is designed to intimidate the cops and their families about a month before what could be one of the closely-contested elections in the country's history.
Those who "disobey" have been threatened with dismissal from the force and eviction from police camps.
Yesterday, informed sources said Zanu-PF provincial election directorates countrywide were besieged by disgruntled party functionaries over the way the internal polls were conducted.
Supporters of Mbare losing candidate Nelson Mashiri accused the winning candidate Tendai Savanhu of using the dreaded Chipangano militia to perpetrate violence against them.
The Zanu PF national elections directorate's crunch meeting last week was rocked by fierce clashes with party bigwigs - secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and women's league secretary Oppah Muchinguri - reportedly confronting each other over the primary elections candidates list.
Party insiders said the tense meeting held at the Zanu-PF headquarters was almost disrupted after Mutasa dismissed Muchinguri's contribution, saying he was the most senior official from Manicaland and fully understood what was good for the party.
Makone made the remarks in Parliament on Wednesday when she was answering questions from legislators during Parliament's question time.
It is reported that the Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders have embarked on a full-throttle campaign for Zanu-PF by ordering all officers in charge of police stations to ensure that all subordinates and their next of kin, particularly those residing in the camps, are registered to vote for the party.
A senior police officer said this directive is designed to intimidate the cops and their families about a month before what could be one of the closely-contested elections in the country's history.
Those who "disobey" have been threatened with dismissal from the force and eviction from police camps.
Source - Byo24News
