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Mutsvangwa's central committee bid flops
25 Nov 2014 at 07:39hrs | Views
Newly-elected war veterans' leader Christopher Mutsvangwa has failed to secure a nomination into Zanu-PF's central committee.
Mutsvangwa failed to garner a nomination at the Zanu-PF Mashonaland West inter district meeting held on Sunday.
Party insiders who attended the meeting said the vociferous war veterans leader styling himself as part of the "critical mass generation" that prosecuted Zimbabwe's liberation war against white-minority rule was not nominated.
"Mutsvangwa lost," one source said. "It seems he did not garner enough support to get a nomination from his district. Everyone thought he would be nominated and we were surprised."
Mutsvangwa, who is also Foreign Affairs deputy minister, will only attend the December congress as the war veterans leader.
The central committee is Zanu-PF's most powerful organ outside congress and consists of members drawn from the party's 10 provinces.
It acts on behalf of congress when it is not in session and among other things implements all policies, resolutions, directives, decisions, and programmes enunciated by congress. It meets once in three months.
Temba Mliswa, the ousted provincial chairman, was blocked from seeking nomination into the party's central committee.
Mliswa had won the right to represent Hurungwe district but the provincial leadership said he could not represent the province as a central committee member following his suspension as party chairman last month.
Ignatius Chombo, Local Government minister and head of the congress coordinating committee in the province, said anyone who has been brought before the party's disciplinary committee over the past five years could not be allowed to get into the central committee.
He said even though the province had allowed some names to be seconded for the central committee, the politburo had the final say after a thorough vetting process.
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa bounced back after receiving a nomination for a central committee seat from Makonde district.
Mutsvangwa failed to garner a nomination at the Zanu-PF Mashonaland West inter district meeting held on Sunday.
Party insiders who attended the meeting said the vociferous war veterans leader styling himself as part of the "critical mass generation" that prosecuted Zimbabwe's liberation war against white-minority rule was not nominated.
"Mutsvangwa lost," one source said. "It seems he did not garner enough support to get a nomination from his district. Everyone thought he would be nominated and we were surprised."
Mutsvangwa, who is also Foreign Affairs deputy minister, will only attend the December congress as the war veterans leader.
The central committee is Zanu-PF's most powerful organ outside congress and consists of members drawn from the party's 10 provinces.
Temba Mliswa, the ousted provincial chairman, was blocked from seeking nomination into the party's central committee.
Mliswa had won the right to represent Hurungwe district but the provincial leadership said he could not represent the province as a central committee member following his suspension as party chairman last month.
Ignatius Chombo, Local Government minister and head of the congress coordinating committee in the province, said anyone who has been brought before the party's disciplinary committee over the past five years could not be allowed to get into the central committee.
He said even though the province had allowed some names to be seconded for the central committee, the politburo had the final say after a thorough vetting process.
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa bounced back after receiving a nomination for a central committee seat from Makonde district.
Source - dailynews
