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Temba Mliswa survives a no-confidence vote plot
08 Oct 2014 at 06:53hrs | Views
ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial chair and Hurungwe West MP Temba Mliswa Temba Mliswa and the party's provincial administration secretary Kindness Paradza yesterday survived a no-confidence vote allegedly hatched by their rivals after some of the provincial leaders chickened out at the eleventh hour and refused to sign the petition.
Sources said the petition was publicised and withdrawn after only 11 out of 50 provincial executive members had appended their signatures with the majority pulling out, citing lack of transparency on the issue.
Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna confirmed the development, saying he had refused to sign the document after its architects failed to spell out reasons for the no-confidence vote.
Both Mliswa and Paradza scoffed at the plot, describing it as misguided and meant to stifle robust debate on issues affecting the ruling party.
"I'm aware and prepared for such eventualities because some politburo members have not rested since the day I was elected beating their sponsored candidates," said Mliswa.
Deputy provincial chairman Ziyambi Ziyambi and provincial youth chairman Vengai Musengi were cited as some of the signatories to the petition, but both refuted that.
Mliswa has had several run-ins with his peers in and outside the province with some politburo members openly labelling him a rabble rouser.
Last week, two Zanu-PF MPs from Mashonaland West province, Christopher Mutsvangwa (Norton) and Runesu Blessed Geza (Sanyati) petitioned President Robert Mugabe to rein in Mliswa whom they accused of sowing seeds of disunity in the party and disregarding protocol.
Sources said the petition was publicised and withdrawn after only 11 out of 50 provincial executive members had appended their signatures with the majority pulling out, citing lack of transparency on the issue.
Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna confirmed the development, saying he had refused to sign the document after its architects failed to spell out reasons for the no-confidence vote.
Both Mliswa and Paradza scoffed at the plot, describing it as misguided and meant to stifle robust debate on issues affecting the ruling party.
Deputy provincial chairman Ziyambi Ziyambi and provincial youth chairman Vengai Musengi were cited as some of the signatories to the petition, but both refuted that.
Mliswa has had several run-ins with his peers in and outside the province with some politburo members openly labelling him a rabble rouser.
Last week, two Zanu-PF MPs from Mashonaland West province, Christopher Mutsvangwa (Norton) and Runesu Blessed Geza (Sanyati) petitioned President Robert Mugabe to rein in Mliswa whom they accused of sowing seeds of disunity in the party and disregarding protocol.
Source - newsday
