THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association
(ZNLWVA) Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and South provincial executives yesterday
declared a bareknuckle fight against Zanu PF’s G40 officials pushing for an
extraordinary congress to amend the party’s constitution to allow for the
appointment of a female vice-president.
The ZNLWVA provincial executives described the proposed
amendment to the Zanu PF constitution to allow for a women’s quota in the
presidium as part of the G40’s sinister agendas to change the party’s
presidium.
“As war veterans, we don’t have any issue against the
holding of an extraordinary Zanu PF congress as long as its agenda is clear,
without any sinister motives. We are aware the G40 animal has a sinister
motive; it is pushing a sinister agenda where they want to push for changes in
the presidium.
“That we will not allow, we are going to defend the
revolution,” Cephas Ncube, the ZNLWVA Bulawayo provincial chairperson, said at
a Press conference held at the association’s Entumbane offices.
Matabeleland South and North provincial executives were
represented by their chairpersons, Section Ncube and Sonny Mnguni,
respectively. The three provinces had earlier on held a meeting to deliberate
on the holding of an extraordinary Zanu PF congress in December.
The G40 faction, believed to be led by First Lady Grace
Mugabe, is reportedly plotting to dump Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the
congress to ensure he was out of the succession race for President Robert
Mugabe’s post.
Reports say Grace was likely to emerge a big beneficiary of
the extraordinary congress by being elevated to the post of Vice-President
currently occupied by under-fire Mnangagwa.
“The G40 is lying to Mugabe, they have endeared themselves
to Mugabe through lies yet under the cover of darkness have a sinister agenda
to oust him and others. We are watching them closely.
“They want Mugabe gone yesterday. We know they already have
their candidate, but as war veterans we are saying we are ready to defend the
revolution.
“We are also not against a women’s quota, but at the same
time we are saying this is not a genuine call, but a sinister call to allow for
an amendment to the party constitution so that someone or some other people get
positions,” Ncube added.
The congress is widely expected to see Mugabe’s successor
chosen.
“The (Zanu PF) constitution was amended recently, and we
cannot be having a constitution willy-nilly amended to suit G40’s evil intents.
We are aware this is a G40 plot, and we are saying no to that. We are stepping
in to stop the G40 in its tracks,” he said. newsday
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