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'Its madness,' says Mutsvangwa
15 Dec 2015 at 07:03hrs | Views
Suspended War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa has described the move as madness, days after President Robert Mugabe expressed concern on spat of suspension.
Mutsvangwa who is also Zanu-PF Norton legislator was on Monday suspended for alleged indiscipline.
"I can't be seen to be bothered by madness. The President spoke about it in Victoria Falls at length. I can't qualify what the President said. Don't bother me," Mutsvangwa said.
His comments came after Mashonaland West deputy provincial chairperson Keith Guzah told journalists in Harare that Mutsvangwa had been suspended for gross indiscipline and disrespecting Mugabe and the party constitution.
However, one prominent provincial member said to have signed the petition distanced himself from the action.
One of the people said to have signed the petition, Peter Chanetsa, distanced himself from it.
He said he was made to believe that the paper he signed for was for senior provincial members who were going to attend the party's recent conference in Victoria Falls.
Chanetsa said Mutsvangwa was a Presidential appointee and as such could not be suspended by lower structures.
In announcing the controversial suspension, Guzah said "This is gross indiscipline for a member of our provincial co-ordinating committee to stand in defiant opposition of a politburo decision taken in its meeting of November 25 2015. It's tantamount to challenging the authority of the President and First secretary of the party, His Excellency Cde R G Mugabe, who, alone, has the appointing authority of members of the politburo in terms of section 39 of the party's constitution".
The decision came hardly a week after his wife, Monica, faced a similar fate in the run-up to the just-ended Zanu-PF conference held in Victoria Falls last week.
Mutsvangwa who is also Zanu-PF Norton legislator was on Monday suspended for alleged indiscipline.
"I can't be seen to be bothered by madness. The President spoke about it in Victoria Falls at length. I can't qualify what the President said. Don't bother me," Mutsvangwa said.
His comments came after Mashonaland West deputy provincial chairperson Keith Guzah told journalists in Harare that Mutsvangwa had been suspended for gross indiscipline and disrespecting Mugabe and the party constitution.
However, one prominent provincial member said to have signed the petition distanced himself from the action.
One of the people said to have signed the petition, Peter Chanetsa, distanced himself from it.
He said he was made to believe that the paper he signed for was for senior provincial members who were going to attend the party's recent conference in Victoria Falls.
Chanetsa said Mutsvangwa was a Presidential appointee and as such could not be suspended by lower structures.
In announcing the controversial suspension, Guzah said "This is gross indiscipline for a member of our provincial co-ordinating committee to stand in defiant opposition of a politburo decision taken in its meeting of November 25 2015. It's tantamount to challenging the authority of the President and First secretary of the party, His Excellency Cde R G Mugabe, who, alone, has the appointing authority of members of the politburo in terms of section 39 of the party's constitution".
The decision came hardly a week after his wife, Monica, faced a similar fate in the run-up to the just-ended Zanu-PF conference held in Victoria Falls last week.
Source - NewsDay/ Herald
