Former vice-president Joice Mujuru’s National People’s
Party (NPP) has been hit by vicious power struggles amid revelations the
grouping of former Zanu PF politicians is divided on tribal lines.
The problems were revealed in a four-paged explosive letter
penned by NPP treasurer Wilbert Mubaiwa, who says he is being undemocratically
pushed out of his post.
Mubaiwa was elected treasurer general ahead of the party’s
convention last month, but says he is being sidelined by Mujuru and her inner
circle.
In a letter addressed to Mujuru, Mubaiwa says he was
shocked by high levels of dictatorship in the NPP, which he compared with those
in Zanu PF.
“It is equally regrettable that jealousy, serious hunger
for power, greed, all bordering on poverty, tribalism, outright political
bankruptcy, personal interest and misguided selfishness stand at the core of
our challenges,” he wrote.
“I am at times convinced that the country’s problems are
much bigger than Mugabe and Zanu PF because of a clear testimony of the general
and tragic leadership failure across the entire political divide and spectrum
in our country in general and our party in particular.”
Mujuru is accused of trying to push Mubaiwa out so that the
post goes to Matabeleland in a bid to balance tribal configurations of the
party.
“I contested and won approximately 75% of the votes having
applied to contest for that post and cleared by your esteemed office,” he said.
“President, it was never clear to most people, including
myself, that a contestable post is now being taken to be allocated to the
Matabeleland region, which is why I took the trouble to seek your guidance at
the time.”
Mubaiwa, who according to insiders owns the Avondale
property where NPP offices are located, has not been invited to meetings held
after the convention.
NPP secretary general, Gift Nyandoro, who is also the
acting treasurer general, said he had not seen the letter by Mubaiwa.
“With respect, I have never seen the letter and I am
equally constrained to comment on its authenticity and origin,” he said.
“The best person to comment would be the source and writer
of the letter.”
Mubaiwa confirmed that he had written a letter to Mujuru
over his post but refused to discuss the contents, saying it was an internal
communication. Standard
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