'None is bigger than Zanu-PF,' says Mnangagwa

Zanu-PF will not hesitate to discipline or expel members who operate outside its rules and guidelines because no one is bigger than the party, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

Addressing hundreds of party supporters at Dzivarasekwa Stadium yesterday, VP Mnangagwa said Zanu-PF should take advantage of the split in MDC-T to win all vacant seats in Harare during the parliamentary by-elections set for June 10.

He said while MDC-T entertained splits, the revolutionary party would not tolerate gross indiscipline within its ranks.

"Isu tinodzinga kwete kubwashuka seMDC. Iye zvino, kwave nemaMDC anokwana matanhatu. Isu, Zanu-PF, tichingosimba, tichikura. Hatibwashuke seMDC, asi tinodzinga.''

The VP implored Dzivaresekwa, Kuwadzana and Kambuzuma residents to vote for Zanu-PF candidates Cdes Omega Hungwe, Betty Kaseke and Tinashe Maduza respectively, to ensure development.

He said MDC-T was solely formed to bring back British supremacy to Zimbabwe and the electorate should not allow this to happen.

"MDC does not sit in Cabinet, which is the ruling body. As such, all the grievances you might give to the MDC leadership cannot reach us, as the MDC does not sit in Cabinet where decisions are made. It is, therefore, wise for all those in these constituencies to vote for those who are ruling as Tsvangirai will only listen to your grievances and throw them in the dust bin because he is not in Government.

"The MDC wants to see the British come back and loot our resources. God loves Zimbabwe under the leadership of Zanu-PF; that is why he intervened and we are witnessing these splits in MDC. This is a clear sign that MDC has no place to rule this country whatsoever."

He added: "The roads here are in a bad state and there is a clinic that does not have medication and water, all because of the MDC-led council, which has failed the people. This is the time to free yourselves from all these problems on June 10, as you vote for the only party, Zanu-PF, that has the interests of the people at heart.''

"I am happy those who lost the primary elections are here to support the winners. This is a clear sign that we are all Zanu-PF, united under one leader, President Robert Mugabe.''

At the same rally, Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere said June 10 should be remembered as the day the party reclaimed all vacant Harare seats.

In attendance were senior party officials, among them Minister Miriam Chikukwa (Harare Provincial Affairs), Zanu-PF secretary of finance Charles Tawengwa and Central Committee member Phillip Chiyangwa.