Mugabe pleads with Mutasa

President Robert Mugabe yesterday pleaded with aggrieved Zanu-PF members to desist from taking the party to court and seek internal recourse.

Addressing journalists in Harare after a Zanu-PF politburo meeting, the party's national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said Mugabe emphasised that internal party disputes should be resolved internally.

This was in apparent reference to a case where former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa has threatened to challenge the ruling party's December congress resolutions in court.

His Excellency, the President, opened the meeting with a clear message that every member of the politburo must be thoroughly familiar with the provisions of the party constitution.

The emphasis was that no one is above the party and that the party is supreme and no one should consider themselves above the party, Khaya Moyo said.

He said the party has principles, rules and values that are not subjected to higher courts as some believe and if you are a party member, there are structures you must use to get your concerns addressed, but not through the High Court or other institutions outside the party, he added.

Khaya Moyo said Mutasa's case would only be dealt by a seven-member national disciplinary committee set up by the politburo recently. The team is yet to meet as some of its members are still outside the country.