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Mujuru fears a vicious backlash from Zanu-PF
18 Jul 2015 at 14:02hrs | Views
OUSTED former vice-president, Joice Mujuru is still sitting on the fence on becoming the inaugural leader of People First, a political party being mooted by disgruntled or expelled Zanu-PF members despite participating in the formation of its policy framework, constitution and other groundwork activities, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.
After months of indecision, Mujuru had informed disgruntled supporters she would participate in the project, but would only take up a leadership role when all the groundwork was firmly in place, including the setting up structures and formulation of clear policies and ideological direction to guide the party.
Officials pushing the People First agenda have however revealed that Mujuru had told her peers she still needs more time to reflect, after former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa had suggested the time was ripe for her to spring to action.
The meeting, held a fortnight ago in Harare, was meant to discuss progress made on the formulation of a working policy framework, party constitution and the setting up of provincial structures.
Sources close to Mujuru recently told the Independent newspaper that Mugabe's former deputy is procrastinating as she has decided to tread cautiously, fearing a vicious backlash from her political opponents.
Mujuru was expelled from Zanu-PF this year, while hordes of her supporters were either suspended or forced out, while some lost their government and party positions.
Some of the biggest casualties of the Zanu-PF purges are Gumbo, Mutasa, former ministers such as Webster Shamu, Nicholas Goche, Olivia Muchena and Dzikamai Mavhaire, among others.
Former war veterans chairperson Jabulani Sibanda, who has been earmarked for the commissariat role in People First, was also expelled.
After months of indecision, Mujuru had informed disgruntled supporters she would participate in the project, but would only take up a leadership role when all the groundwork was firmly in place, including the setting up structures and formulation of clear policies and ideological direction to guide the party.
Officials pushing the People First agenda have however revealed that Mujuru had told her peers she still needs more time to reflect, after former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa had suggested the time was ripe for her to spring to action.
The meeting, held a fortnight ago in Harare, was meant to discuss progress made on the formulation of a working policy framework, party constitution and the setting up of provincial structures.
Sources close to Mujuru recently told the Independent newspaper that Mugabe's former deputy is procrastinating as she has decided to tread cautiously, fearing a vicious backlash from her political opponents.
Mujuru was expelled from Zanu-PF this year, while hordes of her supporters were either suspended or forced out, while some lost their government and party positions.
Some of the biggest casualties of the Zanu-PF purges are Gumbo, Mutasa, former ministers such as Webster Shamu, Nicholas Goche, Olivia Muchena and Dzikamai Mavhaire, among others.
Former war veterans chairperson Jabulani Sibanda, who has been earmarked for the commissariat role in People First, was also expelled.
Source - independent
