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Mliswa attacks Jonathan Moyo
02 Apr 2014 at 07:51hrs | Views
Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo is using the state media in factional fights raging in the ruling Zanu-PF party, Zanu-PF Mashonaland West chairman Temba Mliswa alleged yesterday.
Mliswa made the accusations in an unrestrained tirade against Moyo after a state owned daily newspaper published articles this week alleging the Hurungwe West legislator solicited for bribes from wealthy businessman Billy Rautenbach, in exchange of linking him to Cabinet ministers and stitching together lucrative deals.
In an unedited statement issued by Jonathan Moyo last night in reaction to allegations made against him by Temba Mliswa he said; "The allegations you are putting to me sound like they are coming from quarters that have been caught with their fingers in the till and imagine that they can fool the public in the hope of covering up their corruption by seeking shelter under the laager of factionalism.
"It is important to understand that just because some individuals in Zanu-PF bask in the folly of factionalism by declaring that they belong to a faction as has been done by our party's chairman for Mashonaland West province, does not mean that those whom these individuals see as not belonging to their faction actually belong to their rival faction. No.
"There's no logic in that primitive presumption. Factionalists have no business using their factionalism to define Zanu-PF members or leaders. For the record, lest there is a serious person out there who does not know, I am a member of Zanu-PF and a cadre of the party and not of any faction."
Mliswa made the accusations in an unrestrained tirade against Moyo after a state owned daily newspaper published articles this week alleging the Hurungwe West legislator solicited for bribes from wealthy businessman Billy Rautenbach, in exchange of linking him to Cabinet ministers and stitching together lucrative deals.
In an unedited statement issued by Jonathan Moyo last night in reaction to allegations made against him by Temba Mliswa he said; "The allegations you are putting to me sound like they are coming from quarters that have been caught with their fingers in the till and imagine that they can fool the public in the hope of covering up their corruption by seeking shelter under the laager of factionalism.
"It is important to understand that just because some individuals in Zanu-PF bask in the folly of factionalism by declaring that they belong to a faction as has been done by our party's chairman for Mashonaland West province, does not mean that those whom these individuals see as not belonging to their faction actually belong to their rival faction. No.
"There's no logic in that primitive presumption. Factionalists have no business using their factionalism to define Zanu-PF members or leaders. For the record, lest there is a serious person out there who does not know, I am a member of Zanu-PF and a cadre of the party and not of any faction."
Source - Zim Mail
