Zanu-PF Politburo adopts Constitutional amendments

Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday accepted the outcome of Central Committee elections and agreed on proposed amendments to the party's constitution that will pave way for President Mugabe to appoint all Politburo members.

This means the two Vice Presidents and Second Secretaries and the party's national chairman, who were voted for before, would now be appointed by the President.

Sources say Politburo meeting said members had accepted names of party cadres who had been elected into the Central Committee, minus those of VP Mujuru and her allies who were rejected by the people.

VP Mujuru, who has been implicated in a plot to oust the President, lost her bid to secure a Central Committee post after her district of origin, Mt Darwin, rejected her application.

The amendments that have been agreed on means that President Mugabe will have the power to appoint VPs and the national chair to avoid the creation of multiple centres of power.

The source said some of the amendments included the establishment of a permanent Election Commission to run the elections of the party.