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Mutodi meets Mutsvangwa, rips into Zanu PF factionalism
15 Jan 2017 at 04:22hrs | Views
Zanu PF controversial youthful member Energy Mutodi who recently made headlines after his photo and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa holding 'I am the Boss' cup is at it again after he posted his picture and a statement about his meeting with the renegade war veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa.
The politician and businessman Mutodi reportedly met Mutsvangwa on Friday in Harare.
"The two politicians discussed the future of Zimbabwean politics and the possibility of the Zimbabwean economy being revived post 2018. Mutsvangwa is a vocal former cabinet minister and politburo member who fought in the liberation struggle in the 1970s. He is a fierce critic of Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo whom he accuses of capturing the Zanu PF leadership and alienating President Robert Mugabe from his traditional support base; particularly the war veterans who delivered the country's independence," Mutodi said.
"The two politicians (Mutodi and Mutsvangwa) met following a communique by some unelected Zanu PF members posing as the party provincial chairpersons that purportedly accused Mutodi of being too critical of President Mugabe.
The communique that was authored by the duo of Professor Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere and given to the chairpersons for a read out has now been dubbed the "Tyson Declaration".
He said it also accused Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hobnobbing with party renegades and expelled party members such as former Mashonaland West youth boss Vengai Musengi, former Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro among others in such manner as Jesus Christ did with sinners and outcasts; drawing fierce rebuke from hypocritical Pharisees and Sadducees.
"The Midlands godfather who is Mugabe's aid since war times is seen as the most likely successor to President Mugabe, Zimbabwe's sole ruler since the country's independence from Britain in 1980. However, Mnangagwa continues to face stiff resistance from a G-40 faction in the ruling party that is disguising as a support base bidding for First Lady Grace Mugabe to succeed her own husband when in fact it is a ploy to isolate Mugabe from his support base and render him weak enough to surrender power to either Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere or Phelekezela Mphoko," Mutodi said.
He said the G-40 has tried in many ways to create a feud between Mnangagwa and Mugabe, with their latest attempt being an imagined correlation between his critiquing articles on the ruling party's leadership and Mnangagwa's perceived advances towards the presidency.
Mutodi has written articles advising President Mugabe to either unite the party or face a humiliating defeat at the polls come 2018.
The outspoken businessman has in the past written several articles in support of President Mugabe and even penned songs praising Mugabe, his wife Grace and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
It is therefore crystal clear that his current critiquing of the president is a sign of bad times in the party and therefore should be viewed as a constructive piece of advise meant to serve the party from total implosion.
"Going into 2018, Zanu PF faces potential defeat by a possible coalition between a popular opposition party MDC-T and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), a party composed of mainly disgruntled Zanu PF members who were fired from the party for siding with former deputy president Joice Mujuru and her faction whose main master-minder was Mugabe's long time friend Didymus Mutasa," he said.
"Mujuru wanted to overthrow Mugabe in a smart boardroom coup towards congress in 2014 but was stopped by Mugabe's highly alert intelligence service.
Following her dethronement from both her party and government positions, it was thought there would be peace in the ruling party although it was in actual fact a beginning of an even more dramatic war."
He said a G-40 faction whose kingpins became Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere and Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuwawo suddenly emerged and in order to steal limelight and Mugabe's favor, it proposed that Mugabe would be succeeded by his wife.
"The faction, while facing resistance from Mnangagwa's supporters who are calling themselves "Team Lacoste" successfully gained access to Mugabe and has since 2014 engaged in a desperate attempt to soil Mnangagwa's name and cause commotion in the party such that a president of its choice emerges as Mugabe's successor," Mutodi posted
"At the centre of the succession war is Mugabe's old age and his refusal to openly name his choice for the country's top job has worsened the situation.
The veteran president has always relied on internal party wars to claim a unifying role; thus, remaining the party and country's sole ruler for more than three decades."
His post further state that in 2008, he lost an election for the first time to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai but was resurrected back to power by Mnangagwa and the security forces who mounted a fierce second-round campaign that was boycotted by the opposition.
"However, the year 2018 looks harder for him because his party is now heavily divided while the war veterans who used to be his campaign soldiers are keen to see him pack his bags from State house as they accuse him of having been smuggled by a callous and politically barren G-40 faction that antagonizes the former freedom fighters," he said.
"While all this drama unfolds, Professor Jonathan Moyo, a well known flip flopper with strong links to Mugabe's liberation war rivals mainly Ndabaningi Sithole and Joshua Nkomo should be having victory dreams; realizing his mission to destroy Zanu PF from within is almost accomplished. An electoral defeat means a lot for Mugabe and his corrupt ministers who are desperate to keep him in office so as to remain protected from prosecution for various graft crimes. Life could also take an ugly turn for Grace herself as speculation continues to reverberate through social media that she has amassed properties and stashed huge financial reserves in friendly Asian countries at the expense of long suffering Zimbabweans."
He said recently she was in the media for buying a US 1.3 million dollar diamond ring when millions of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty; living on less than a dollar per day. He said given these revelations that have made Zimbabweans an angry lot, anxious to see Mugabe's departure by whatever means possible, the risk of losing the 2018 elections is intolerable.
"When the Masvingo choir was singing, "kumagumo kune nyaya" (there is trouble at the end), it should have sounded in Mugabe's ears that they were warning him of the difficult times ahead. It is a sure case that a group of ten fake provincial chairpersons will not save the party from defeat. The time to unite the party and make bankable decisions is now," Mutodi said.
The politician and businessman Mutodi reportedly met Mutsvangwa on Friday in Harare.
"The two politicians discussed the future of Zimbabwean politics and the possibility of the Zimbabwean economy being revived post 2018. Mutsvangwa is a vocal former cabinet minister and politburo member who fought in the liberation struggle in the 1970s. He is a fierce critic of Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo whom he accuses of capturing the Zanu PF leadership and alienating President Robert Mugabe from his traditional support base; particularly the war veterans who delivered the country's independence," Mutodi said.
"The two politicians (Mutodi and Mutsvangwa) met following a communique by some unelected Zanu PF members posing as the party provincial chairpersons that purportedly accused Mutodi of being too critical of President Mugabe.
The communique that was authored by the duo of Professor Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere and given to the chairpersons for a read out has now been dubbed the "Tyson Declaration".
He said it also accused Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hobnobbing with party renegades and expelled party members such as former Mashonaland West youth boss Vengai Musengi, former Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro among others in such manner as Jesus Christ did with sinners and outcasts; drawing fierce rebuke from hypocritical Pharisees and Sadducees.
"The Midlands godfather who is Mugabe's aid since war times is seen as the most likely successor to President Mugabe, Zimbabwe's sole ruler since the country's independence from Britain in 1980. However, Mnangagwa continues to face stiff resistance from a G-40 faction in the ruling party that is disguising as a support base bidding for First Lady Grace Mugabe to succeed her own husband when in fact it is a ploy to isolate Mugabe from his support base and render him weak enough to surrender power to either Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere or Phelekezela Mphoko," Mutodi said.
He said the G-40 has tried in many ways to create a feud between Mnangagwa and Mugabe, with their latest attempt being an imagined correlation between his critiquing articles on the ruling party's leadership and Mnangagwa's perceived advances towards the presidency.
Mutodi has written articles advising President Mugabe to either unite the party or face a humiliating defeat at the polls come 2018.
The outspoken businessman has in the past written several articles in support of President Mugabe and even penned songs praising Mugabe, his wife Grace and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
It is therefore crystal clear that his current critiquing of the president is a sign of bad times in the party and therefore should be viewed as a constructive piece of advise meant to serve the party from total implosion.
"Going into 2018, Zanu PF faces potential defeat by a possible coalition between a popular opposition party MDC-T and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), a party composed of mainly disgruntled Zanu PF members who were fired from the party for siding with former deputy president Joice Mujuru and her faction whose main master-minder was Mugabe's long time friend Didymus Mutasa," he said.
"Mujuru wanted to overthrow Mugabe in a smart boardroom coup towards congress in 2014 but was stopped by Mugabe's highly alert intelligence service.
Following her dethronement from both her party and government positions, it was thought there would be peace in the ruling party although it was in actual fact a beginning of an even more dramatic war."
He said a G-40 faction whose kingpins became Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere and Mugabe's nephew Patrick Zhuwawo suddenly emerged and in order to steal limelight and Mugabe's favor, it proposed that Mugabe would be succeeded by his wife.
"The faction, while facing resistance from Mnangagwa's supporters who are calling themselves "Team Lacoste" successfully gained access to Mugabe and has since 2014 engaged in a desperate attempt to soil Mnangagwa's name and cause commotion in the party such that a president of its choice emerges as Mugabe's successor," Mutodi posted
"At the centre of the succession war is Mugabe's old age and his refusal to openly name his choice for the country's top job has worsened the situation.
The veteran president has always relied on internal party wars to claim a unifying role; thus, remaining the party and country's sole ruler for more than three decades."
His post further state that in 2008, he lost an election for the first time to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai but was resurrected back to power by Mnangagwa and the security forces who mounted a fierce second-round campaign that was boycotted by the opposition.
"However, the year 2018 looks harder for him because his party is now heavily divided while the war veterans who used to be his campaign soldiers are keen to see him pack his bags from State house as they accuse him of having been smuggled by a callous and politically barren G-40 faction that antagonizes the former freedom fighters," he said.
"While all this drama unfolds, Professor Jonathan Moyo, a well known flip flopper with strong links to Mugabe's liberation war rivals mainly Ndabaningi Sithole and Joshua Nkomo should be having victory dreams; realizing his mission to destroy Zanu PF from within is almost accomplished. An electoral defeat means a lot for Mugabe and his corrupt ministers who are desperate to keep him in office so as to remain protected from prosecution for various graft crimes. Life could also take an ugly turn for Grace herself as speculation continues to reverberate through social media that she has amassed properties and stashed huge financial reserves in friendly Asian countries at the expense of long suffering Zimbabweans."
He said recently she was in the media for buying a US 1.3 million dollar diamond ring when millions of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty; living on less than a dollar per day. He said given these revelations that have made Zimbabweans an angry lot, anxious to see Mugabe's departure by whatever means possible, the risk of losing the 2018 elections is intolerable.
"When the Masvingo choir was singing, "kumagumo kune nyaya" (there is trouble at the end), it should have sounded in Mugabe's ears that they were warning him of the difficult times ahead. It is a sure case that a group of ten fake provincial chairpersons will not save the party from defeat. The time to unite the party and make bankable decisions is now," Mutodi said.
Source - Byo24News
