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Tshinga Dube to beg Mutsvangwa to stepdown
31 Jul 2016 at 11:19hrs | Views
War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has hinted that he will beg liberation fighters chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa to step down as they prepare for a special congress.
Dube said Zanu PF "cannot fold its hands and watch the war veterans' association going astray. The party has to take a stand" he is quoted saying by Sunday Mail.
Mutsvangwa was recently expelled from Zanu PF but still leads the association which is an affiliate to Zanu PF.
President Robert Mugabe engaged war veterans last Wednesday in Harare and instructed them to elect new leadership.
"President Mugabe took a stance to call for a new leadership of war veterans, and as the Minister responsible, I will work to do what is best for these comrades.
"This process of leadership renewal for war veterans is going to be done constitutionally without violating the principles of the association.
"We are also going to approach the leader, Cde Mutsvangwa, to persuade him that for the good of the war veterans, he needs to step aside" said Dube.
Dube said "Mutsvangwa would be trying the impossible if he wants to continue leading the war veterans.
"In the very near future, war veterans are going for a congress where they will choose a new leader. In terms of the dates, I am not at liberty to divulge it".
"As it stands, it is very difficult for them to work under the current leadership when their leader, Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, has been expelled from the party because of behaviour that is against the principles of Zanu-PF.
"Although it is a sovereign association, it cannot be separated from the party.
"This is because war veterans and Zanu-PF share the same revolutionary principles, and they cannot do without one another.
"So, you have to understand that war veterans and Zanu-PF share the same DNA".
Dube said Zanu PF "cannot fold its hands and watch the war veterans' association going astray. The party has to take a stand" he is quoted saying by Sunday Mail.
Mutsvangwa was recently expelled from Zanu PF but still leads the association which is an affiliate to Zanu PF.
President Robert Mugabe engaged war veterans last Wednesday in Harare and instructed them to elect new leadership.
"President Mugabe took a stance to call for a new leadership of war veterans, and as the Minister responsible, I will work to do what is best for these comrades.
"This process of leadership renewal for war veterans is going to be done constitutionally without violating the principles of the association.
"We are also going to approach the leader, Cde Mutsvangwa, to persuade him that for the good of the war veterans, he needs to step aside" said Dube.
Dube said "Mutsvangwa would be trying the impossible if he wants to continue leading the war veterans.
"In the very near future, war veterans are going for a congress where they will choose a new leader. In terms of the dates, I am not at liberty to divulge it".
"As it stands, it is very difficult for them to work under the current leadership when their leader, Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, has been expelled from the party because of behaviour that is against the principles of Zanu-PF.
"Although it is a sovereign association, it cannot be separated from the party.
"This is because war veterans and Zanu-PF share the same revolutionary principles, and they cannot do without one another.
"So, you have to understand that war veterans and Zanu-PF share the same DNA".
Source - Sunday Mail
