Opinion / Columnist
Mugabe pacifies factions
01 Jun 2016 at 11:44hrs | Views
The ZANU PF appeals committee should be hailed for including Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. They are there because they are the legal gurus and President Robert Mugabe wants to follow the law. The President wants to show the aggrieved members that there is fairness in the party.
In actual fact ZANU PF has been a united party since we attained independence up to date, save for those who had been expelled from the revolutionary party for various reasons. Some were expelled from the party for indiscipline, corruption and bringing the image of the party into disrepute. Initially the expulsions targeted former Vice President Joice Mujuru's backers, which are those who wanted to assassinate or remove the President through unconstitutional means.
Later on the expulsions turned onto the alleged Mnangagwa allies thereby bringing in two factions in the party. In an endeavour to correct and end factionalism in ZANU PF, President Mugabe appointed Minister Chinamasa and Vice President Mnangagwa to draft the procedure and guidelines to be followed by the appeals committee.
The ZANU PF appeals committee is an appropriate one as it is composed of professionals and the guidelines and procedures will be made by the legal gurus of reputable occupations and experience. We should remember that Minister Chinamasa was once the Attorney General and Vice President Mnangagwa was in the legal field since the war of liberation to date, and is the current Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs.
In this case it would be difficult for predetermined decisions to be made as verdicts will have to be in tandem with the set guidelines. Thus the appeal process will commence looking at each case verifying it with the guidelines set. Then a report should be pressed to the politburo subsequently to the central committee for approval.
It is a given fact that Vice President Mnangagwa is one of the best legal brains in ZANU PF and his involvement there could help to close all loopholes that would arise. This would help in pacifying a number of party activists who felt aggrieved by the suspensions. Therefore it would be valid to say that ZANU PF is heading towards unity.
In actual fact ZANU PF has been a united party since we attained independence up to date, save for those who had been expelled from the revolutionary party for various reasons. Some were expelled from the party for indiscipline, corruption and bringing the image of the party into disrepute. Initially the expulsions targeted former Vice President Joice Mujuru's backers, which are those who wanted to assassinate or remove the President through unconstitutional means.
Later on the expulsions turned onto the alleged Mnangagwa allies thereby bringing in two factions in the party. In an endeavour to correct and end factionalism in ZANU PF, President Mugabe appointed Minister Chinamasa and Vice President Mnangagwa to draft the procedure and guidelines to be followed by the appeals committee.
In this case it would be difficult for predetermined decisions to be made as verdicts will have to be in tandem with the set guidelines. Thus the appeal process will commence looking at each case verifying it with the guidelines set. Then a report should be pressed to the politburo subsequently to the central committee for approval.
It is a given fact that Vice President Mnangagwa is one of the best legal brains in ZANU PF and his involvement there could help to close all loopholes that would arise. This would help in pacifying a number of party activists who felt aggrieved by the suspensions. Therefore it would be valid to say that ZANU PF is heading towards unity.
Source - Stewart Murewa
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