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Mugabe WikiLeaks back biters off the hook
23 Sep 2011 at 15:28hrs | Views
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials who stung Mugabe on his back when they secretly met various US ambassadors got a sigh of relief when Mugabe resolved that he was not going to act or discipline them there off.
Numerous Zanu-PF cronies including Joice Mujuru, John Nkomo, Emmarson Mnangagwa, and Professor Jonathan Moyo met US ambassadors who are considered state enemies, at least according to Zanu-PF and clandestinely campaigned for his removal from the helm of the country.
The crop discussed varying issues and to some extent got even personal on his health and bedroom issues.
Mugabe reached the decision not to punish his allies before leaving for United Nation General Assembly in New York last week.
"The president took a decision before travelling to the UN General Assembly that there would be no action at the government or party level against those involved in secret meetings with US diplomats to discuss local issues, some of which were very sensitive," a senior official close to Mugabe's office said. "So there will be no measures taken against anybody in the party. If at all, the president will only act strategically and structurally during the course of time."
Mugabe suffered untold humiliation when WikiLeaks blew the cables and exposed his close allies' double standards.
Had Mugabe decided to go ahead with disciplining them, the move was going to expose disunity and disharmony that is in the party.
Although Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba could not be reached for a comment, he pre-emptied his Master's decision on his weekly column in the Herald where he writes a Nathaniel Manheru.
"There is hardly anything new to emerge from WikiLeaks," we are told. "Details may be there. Nuances and brilliant quotes probably. But generally who was doing what with the Americans, all that was quite known," he said in a move which seemed calculated to answer questions about where the intelligence services were when all this was happening and also justify Mugabe's failure to act.
"And such contacts were beyond Americans, to encompass many other Western embassies. (Julian) Assange (WikiLeaks founder) just happens to have caught up with the blunderous. They are not the only ones; not even the worst.
By way of actual substance itself, there was no news in the fact that some Zanu-PF elements had a hand in the formation of the MDC, let alone in the subsequent fall-out between the MDC leadership and those elements in Zanu-PF. There was no enigma in the formation of Mavambo, or those inside Zanu-PF who were behind it. What was rather surprising was why this element in Zanu-PF balked from the ultimate, namely excising themselves from the main body to join their project."
Numerous Zanu-PF cronies including Joice Mujuru, John Nkomo, Emmarson Mnangagwa, and Professor Jonathan Moyo met US ambassadors who are considered state enemies, at least according to Zanu-PF and clandestinely campaigned for his removal from the helm of the country.
The crop discussed varying issues and to some extent got even personal on his health and bedroom issues.
Mugabe reached the decision not to punish his allies before leaving for United Nation General Assembly in New York last week.
"The president took a decision before travelling to the UN General Assembly that there would be no action at the government or party level against those involved in secret meetings with US diplomats to discuss local issues, some of which were very sensitive," a senior official close to Mugabe's office said. "So there will be no measures taken against anybody in the party. If at all, the president will only act strategically and structurally during the course of time."
Had Mugabe decided to go ahead with disciplining them, the move was going to expose disunity and disharmony that is in the party.
Although Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba could not be reached for a comment, he pre-emptied his Master's decision on his weekly column in the Herald where he writes a Nathaniel Manheru.
"There is hardly anything new to emerge from WikiLeaks," we are told. "Details may be there. Nuances and brilliant quotes probably. But generally who was doing what with the Americans, all that was quite known," he said in a move which seemed calculated to answer questions about where the intelligence services were when all this was happening and also justify Mugabe's failure to act.
"And such contacts were beyond Americans, to encompass many other Western embassies. (Julian) Assange (WikiLeaks founder) just happens to have caught up with the blunderous. They are not the only ones; not even the worst.
By way of actual substance itself, there was no news in the fact that some Zanu-PF elements had a hand in the formation of the MDC, let alone in the subsequent fall-out between the MDC leadership and those elements in Zanu-PF. There was no enigma in the formation of Mavambo, or those inside Zanu-PF who were behind it. What was rather surprising was why this element in Zanu-PF balked from the ultimate, namely excising themselves from the main body to join their project."
Source - Byo24News
