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Mnangagwa's 2 moves that surprised delegates
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First was his turning to Vice President's wife for the pronunciation of a Ndebele word, promising the Vice President's wife would ensure his Ndebele came right. He could have turned to Vice President Mohadi and new Secretary General Jacob Mudenda for the same. Delegates were visibly shocked by this turn of events.
Second, before the end of the day's closed business yesterday, the President turns to his deputy and tells him to finish the proceedings of the day as he retired!!
By that act, the President literally delivered the Conference, which cheap commentators claimed had been staked against the Vice President, to the same Vice President to manage.
Both actions sent a clear message to all delegates and functionaries. More substantively, the Vice President's excellent speech introducing the President, and the President's main address were coincident, sometimes to the extent to drawing from the same stock of metaphors and allusions when it came to ZANU PF's history of sacrifices.
It was amazing.
Then, critically, when it came to CORRUPTION, a subject which the same cheap commentators framed as setting the two men on a collision course, both men were unsparing on the subject matter, with the President stressing ZANU PF would not be used as a haven for corrupt tendencies, but was sworn to people-centered development as CORRUPTION alienated PEOPLE FROM THE PARTY!
He went further: he importuned the CONFERENCE to pronounce itself STRIDENTLY against CORRUPTION, a subject which the Vice President, referring to the LIBERATION ETHOS and its commitment to serving the MASSES, had dwelt on.
Last but very SIGNIFICANTLY, both men hailed VISION 2030, eloquently interpreting it as focused on DELIVERING AN UPPER MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMY to ALL ZIMBABWEANS!
The President clinched it all by urging the party and its organs to prepare for the next harmonised elections, the third time he has made such a call this year. All that was set against a clear commitment to upholding the party Constitution and the laws of the counrty!!!
Musandipikisa; ndaive ndigere padivi zvichitaurwa. Ndipo paari MADHARA EHOVHOROSI. Zvimwe handichatauri; mungafenda!!!
Second, before the end of the day's closed business yesterday, the President turns to his deputy and tells him to finish the proceedings of the day as he retired!!
By that act, the President literally delivered the Conference, which cheap commentators claimed had been staked against the Vice President, to the same Vice President to manage.
Both actions sent a clear message to all delegates and functionaries. More substantively, the Vice President's excellent speech introducing the President, and the President's main address were coincident, sometimes to the extent to drawing from the same stock of metaphors and allusions when it came to ZANU PF's history of sacrifices.
It was amazing.
Then, critically, when it came to CORRUPTION, a subject which the same cheap commentators framed as setting the two men on a collision course, both men were unsparing on the subject matter, with the President stressing ZANU PF would not be used as a haven for corrupt tendencies, but was sworn to people-centered development as CORRUPTION alienated PEOPLE FROM THE PARTY!
He went further: he importuned the CONFERENCE to pronounce itself STRIDENTLY against CORRUPTION, a subject which the Vice President, referring to the LIBERATION ETHOS and its commitment to serving the MASSES, had dwelt on.
Last but very SIGNIFICANTLY, both men hailed VISION 2030, eloquently interpreting it as focused on DELIVERING AN UPPER MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMY to ALL ZIMBABWEANS!
The President clinched it all by urging the party and its organs to prepare for the next harmonised elections, the third time he has made such a call this year. All that was set against a clear commitment to upholding the party Constitution and the laws of the counrty!!!
Musandipikisa; ndaive ndigere padivi zvichitaurwa. Ndipo paari MADHARA EHOVHOROSI. Zvimwe handichatauri; mungafenda!!!
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