Mugabe used wrong section of the Constitution, says Mujuru

The past few months have seen an escalation of factional hostilities in Zanu-PF that culminated in the dismissal of Vice President Joyce Mujuru from her post by President Mugabe on Monday.

Following her dismissal together with eight Cabinet Ministers, Mujuru opened up for the first time saying Mugabe used the wrong section of the Constitution.

Mujuru was asked about the contents of the letter from Mugabe of which she responded, "That I was no longer the Vice President of Zimbabwe with immediate effect, full stop! And he quoted Section 106 (1b) of the Constitution which I tried to check but didn't get; there is only Section 1. Maybe he wanted to say Section 2b?"

Mugabe is said to have only quoted the Constitution only.

Mujuru said, "In fact he was saying, 'you were doing things that were not supposed to be done by yourself,' which include; 'I'm now reading from 2b of the Constitution because there is no 1b.

"It says 'conduct of Vice President, Ministers or deputy ministers.' 2b but he said 1b, 'act in any way that is inconsistent with their office or expose themselves to any situation involving the risk of a conflict between their official responsibilities and private interests.'

"And those are the things if I am given a chance to meet our committee in the party, those are the things they should ask me to explain , or those are the things we can talk about if they have them that I have been doing."