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Mnangagwa, Mphoko tipped to replace Mujuru
10 Dec 2014 at 06:36hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe is today expected to announce a new-look Zanu-PF presidium that will likely see Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and diplomat Phekezela Mphoko becoming his two deputies.
The president will also appoint politburo members.
Mnangagwa is heavily tipped to replace Joice Mujuru who was fired by President Mugabe yesterday while Mphoko might succeed the late Vice-President John Nkomo as part of the 1987 Unity Accord between Zanu-PF and-PF Zapu.
Mujuru was sent packing amid allegations that she was working with a battery of senior party and government ministers, including officials to topple President Mugabe. The plot thickened amid allegations that she intended to assassinate the president with the assistance of expelled party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, fired senior minister and Zanu-PF secretary for administer Didymus Mutasa and chucked out Labour minister and party transport secretary Nicholas Goche.
It was not immediately clear last night with regards who was likely to land the national chairperson position, with party insiders insisting that the incumbent Simon Khaya Moyo's chances were limited given his alleged links to the Mujuru camp.
While some insiders tipped National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda for the chairship, others said President Mugabe would "appoint a new broom". Mudenda occupied a seat at the high table during last week's Zanu-PF congress and even tabled the state of the party report despite the fact that national political commissar Webster Shamu was in attendance. Shamu was fired by President Mugabe yesterday as ICT minister.
"The stage is set for Mnangagwa, he is the greatest beneficiary of the events of the past three or so months and might be joined in the presidium by Jacob Mudenda as national chairman and Phelekezela Phoko as second vice president, while Oppah Muchinguri is most likely going to take over from Mutasa as secretary for administration," an insider said last night.
Muchinguri, insiders said, looked dead set to become secretary for administration. Given her much celebrated decision to leave her position of politburo secretary for women's affairs to the First Lady, the former Mutasa North lawmaker is likely to be rewarded for her role in unmasking Mujuru.
The president will also appoint politburo members.
Mnangagwa is heavily tipped to replace Joice Mujuru who was fired by President Mugabe yesterday while Mphoko might succeed the late Vice-President John Nkomo as part of the 1987 Unity Accord between Zanu-PF and-PF Zapu.
Mujuru was sent packing amid allegations that she was working with a battery of senior party and government ministers, including officials to topple President Mugabe. The plot thickened amid allegations that she intended to assassinate the president with the assistance of expelled party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, fired senior minister and Zanu-PF secretary for administer Didymus Mutasa and chucked out Labour minister and party transport secretary Nicholas Goche.
It was not immediately clear last night with regards who was likely to land the national chairperson position, with party insiders insisting that the incumbent Simon Khaya Moyo's chances were limited given his alleged links to the Mujuru camp.
While some insiders tipped National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda for the chairship, others said President Mugabe would "appoint a new broom". Mudenda occupied a seat at the high table during last week's Zanu-PF congress and even tabled the state of the party report despite the fact that national political commissar Webster Shamu was in attendance. Shamu was fired by President Mugabe yesterday as ICT minister.
"The stage is set for Mnangagwa, he is the greatest beneficiary of the events of the past three or so months and might be joined in the presidium by Jacob Mudenda as national chairman and Phelekezela Phoko as second vice president, while Oppah Muchinguri is most likely going to take over from Mutasa as secretary for administration," an insider said last night.
Muchinguri, insiders said, looked dead set to become secretary for administration. Given her much celebrated decision to leave her position of politburo secretary for women's affairs to the First Lady, the former Mutasa North lawmaker is likely to be rewarded for her role in unmasking Mujuru.
Source - Zim Mail
