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Goche linked to MDC-T regime change agenda
26 Nov 2014 at 10:47hrs | Views
UNDER-fire Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Nicholas Goche has been accused of pushing for regime change by working with MDC-T in the run up to last year's harmonised elections that were convincingly won by President Mugabe and Zanu-PF.
In an interview on the sidelines of the crunch provincial elections directorate meeting in Bindura on Monday, Mashonaland Central provincial youth chairman, Godfrey Tsenengamu said Goche worked tirelessly with the MDC-T to convince people to abandon Zanu-PF.
"Goche wanted to prolong the government of national unity," said Tsenengamu. "He worked with MDC-T in a bid to ensure that the opposition wins the elections.
"He was misleading people here telling them that MDC-T and Zanu-PF had merged to form a single party and pleaded with them to treat Tsvangirai as one of their leaders."
Tsenengamu said Goche and his team were plotting to unseat President Mugabe as the first secretary of the party and replace him with Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
He said the youths were exposing Goche's machinations in the province to protect the President and his family against the rogue elements in party.
"President Mugabe is the face and symbol of the revolution," said Tsenengamu. "All these people serving as ministers, Politburo members, MPs are doing so at his pleasure, unfortunately these guys seem to have forgotten who is the principal by making nefarious manoeuvres to defy the President.
"They're usurping his powers and undermining his authority as they plot to unseat him at the party's congress and replace him with VP Mujuru.
"So, we thought before they carry out the threat we should remind them that we're totally behind the President for he has done his best to make us a progressive people through policies, among them education for all, land reform, indigenisation and economic empowerment.
"We aren't going to give room for elections at congress. We want the President to be allowed to use his powers to appoint his team."
Tsenengamu said VP Mujuru displayed a propensity of defiance when she refused to pay heed to growing calls that she resigns.
"She must resign. She has worked with President Mugabe for many years and he knows her. If the President has faith in her, he can still appoint her. No one can stop him from doing so," he said.
Meanwhile, Goche, who was recently implicated in the plot to assassinate President Mugabe, yesterday said he accepted his new status as an ordinary card-carrying member after he decided not to tender his application for a Central Committee position.
Goche said he had no intention of leaving the revolutionary party despite the nasty assassination reports that had ripped his image. He did not indicate if he was still interested in his Cabinet brief where he is serving as the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister.
Goche said his decision not to seek re-election was voluntary and was aimed at keeping unity in the party ahead of its 6th National People's Congress that is starting next week.
Goche said his political career was not more important than unity in the party's Mashonaland Central Province.
In an interview on the sidelines of the crunch provincial elections directorate meeting in Bindura on Monday, Mashonaland Central provincial youth chairman, Godfrey Tsenengamu said Goche worked tirelessly with the MDC-T to convince people to abandon Zanu-PF.
"Goche wanted to prolong the government of national unity," said Tsenengamu. "He worked with MDC-T in a bid to ensure that the opposition wins the elections.
"He was misleading people here telling them that MDC-T and Zanu-PF had merged to form a single party and pleaded with them to treat Tsvangirai as one of their leaders."
Tsenengamu said Goche and his team were plotting to unseat President Mugabe as the first secretary of the party and replace him with Vice-President Joice Mujuru.
He said the youths were exposing Goche's machinations in the province to protect the President and his family against the rogue elements in party.
"President Mugabe is the face and symbol of the revolution," said Tsenengamu. "All these people serving as ministers, Politburo members, MPs are doing so at his pleasure, unfortunately these guys seem to have forgotten who is the principal by making nefarious manoeuvres to defy the President.
"They're usurping his powers and undermining his authority as they plot to unseat him at the party's congress and replace him with VP Mujuru.
"We aren't going to give room for elections at congress. We want the President to be allowed to use his powers to appoint his team."
Tsenengamu said VP Mujuru displayed a propensity of defiance when she refused to pay heed to growing calls that she resigns.
"She must resign. She has worked with President Mugabe for many years and he knows her. If the President has faith in her, he can still appoint her. No one can stop him from doing so," he said.
Meanwhile, Goche, who was recently implicated in the plot to assassinate President Mugabe, yesterday said he accepted his new status as an ordinary card-carrying member after he decided not to tender his application for a Central Committee position.
Goche said he had no intention of leaving the revolutionary party despite the nasty assassination reports that had ripped his image. He did not indicate if he was still interested in his Cabinet brief where he is serving as the Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister.
Goche said his decision not to seek re-election was voluntary and was aimed at keeping unity in the party ahead of its 6th National People's Congress that is starting next week.
Goche said his political career was not more important than unity in the party's Mashonaland Central Province.
Source - The Herald
