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'Bury the hatchet,' says Zanu-PF official
18 Oct 2014 at 05:52hrs | Views
Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairman Ambassador Dr John Shumba Mvundura has revealed that his first move upon being appointed to the helm of the party following the suspension of Mike Madiro was to seek audience with two senior Politburo members pleading with them to bury the hatchet.
Briefing Dr Mugabe at a Mutare hotel, Ambassador Mvundura said at that time the party was badly fragmented and was at its weakest.
Ambassador Mvundura said this compelled him to approach first Zanu-PF national secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and secondly the national secretary for women's affairs, Muchinguri, to persuade them to work together. The strategy, he said, worked, resulting in Zanu-PF's emphatic victory in 2013.
The party won 22 seats against MDC-T's four.
"The party was divided. There were serious power struggles that sapped the power of its energy. The party had lost focus. I realised that this had caused the 2008 disaster. Manicaland contributed to have Morgan Tsvangirai as the prime minister of Zimbabwe. This is why I approached the two senior leaders, Mutasa and Muchinguri separately, persuading them to bury their differences for the good of the party," said Ambassador Mvundura.
He also bemoaned factionalism in the province and vowed to continue fighting the vice.
Briefing Dr Mugabe at a Mutare hotel, Ambassador Mvundura said at that time the party was badly fragmented and was at its weakest.
Ambassador Mvundura said this compelled him to approach first Zanu-PF national secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and secondly the national secretary for women's affairs, Muchinguri, to persuade them to work together. The strategy, he said, worked, resulting in Zanu-PF's emphatic victory in 2013.
The party won 22 seats against MDC-T's four.
"The party was divided. There were serious power struggles that sapped the power of its energy. The party had lost focus. I realised that this had caused the 2008 disaster. Manicaland contributed to have Morgan Tsvangirai as the prime minister of Zimbabwe. This is why I approached the two senior leaders, Mutasa and Muchinguri separately, persuading them to bury their differences for the good of the party," said Ambassador Mvundura.
He also bemoaned factionalism in the province and vowed to continue fighting the vice.
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