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Zanu PF extra-ordinary congress to pick my successor--Mugabe
25 Feb 2017 at 12:55hrs | Views
Zimbabwe's veteran ruler, 93 year old President Robert Mugabe has hinted on his Zanu PF party holding an extra-ordinary congress to pick his replacement.
Mugabe who has on several occasions ruled out retiring said he cannot pick either of his two deputies Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over him as that would be tantamount to imposition.
"We can have an extraordinary congress if the President retires but you are saying l should stay, so we will be together' said Mugabe during his birthday address in Matopo on Saturday.
"Some in Zanu PF are saying Mugabe must go and l am also asking where should l go.
"Let the people judge if you are fit for this or that post. No imposition of candidates, we don't want it at all
"Others are saying now that you're retiring appoint your successor, but that's imposition, you want me to impose someone?.
"If Zanu-PF says I should go I'll sit down. For your own information I never canvassed for any position, I rose up to my position".
He said party members must follow the dictates of the ZanuPF Constitution if they desire to get appointed to any position.
Mugabe says those establishing factions to support their agenda to get into power will never succeed in ZanuPF.
Mugabe who has on several occasions ruled out retiring said he cannot pick either of his two deputies Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over him as that would be tantamount to imposition.
"We can have an extraordinary congress if the President retires but you are saying l should stay, so we will be together' said Mugabe during his birthday address in Matopo on Saturday.
"Some in Zanu PF are saying Mugabe must go and l am also asking where should l go.
"Let the people judge if you are fit for this or that post. No imposition of candidates, we don't want it at all
"Others are saying now that you're retiring appoint your successor, but that's imposition, you want me to impose someone?.
"If Zanu-PF says I should go I'll sit down. For your own information I never canvassed for any position, I rose up to my position".
He said party members must follow the dictates of the ZanuPF Constitution if they desire to get appointed to any position.
Mugabe says those establishing factions to support their agenda to get into power will never succeed in ZanuPF.
Source - Byo24News
