Anyone harbouring Presidential ambitions should sit back,
relax and leave the ruling party and State President to mend the economy
without disturbances, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said.
Introducing President Emmerson Mnangagwa to thousands of
Zanu-PF supporters at a Thank You rally at Murombedzi Growth Point in Zvimba
yesterday, VP Chiwenga said it was folly for anyone to think the Head of State
and Government was leaving his post anytime soon. He said focus should be on
economic development.
The rally coincided with the first anniversary of President
Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to the Presidency, and was organised to thank the people
of Mashonaland West for voting backing Zanu-PF and its Presidential candidate
in the July 2018 harmonised elections.
VP Chiwenga said, “In all the coming elections, no one is
going to remove Shumba Murambwi (President Mnangagwa). We are here until he
feels it is the time to go and when we have fully restored our country to its
former glory and when everything is in order.
No one must dream of being the President. We want our country to prosper
and it is time to move the country forward. It’s no longer time for bickering
and politics. From here going forward, we are now talking of politics of
development, of building the country and moving the country forward,” said VP
Chiwenga.
The VP added: “Politics of child’s play will not help us in
any way. Shumba Murambwi is there to stay because he is an anointed one from
the King. Never ever dream that after so and so years it will be your time,
there is no vacancy, there is nowhere to get in. Listen and listen very carefully. To those who
were howling in these last days, keep quiet and keep quiet forever. We want to
build a strong Zimbabwe that can move forward. There is nothing he has done
wrong, the son from the Shumba clan,” he said.
President Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga said, was a God-fearing
man. He said despite many challenges, the President never betrayed the struggle
and never sought revenge. VP Chiwenga urged Zimbabweans to unite in support of
President Mnangagwa’s vision for development.
The VP said it was no coincidence that the first Thank You rally was in
Mashonaland West, where the Second Chimurenga for Zimbabwe’s Independence
started in Chinhoyi in 1966.
“So today on the 24th of November, he (President Mnangagwa)
is here in Murombedzi to thank you firstly VaZvimba and your family for voting
resoundingly for Zanu-PF. You voted for our President overwhelmingly here . . .
Here in Zvimba President Mnangagwa garnered 55 000 votes and this unsettled
little bishop (opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa) who got 26 000 votes.”
Speaking at the same occasion, Zanu-PF National Chair, Cde
Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, who is the Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister,
said the professionalism of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in last year’s Operation
Restore Legacy was exemplary. Prior to President Mnangagwa’s speech, Cde
Muchunguri-Kashiri said through Operation Restore Legacy, the military had
upheld its constitutional duty of protecting Zimbabwe and its citizens. Cde
Muchinguri-Kashiri also applauded Vice-President Dr Chiwenga for his role
during and after the liberation struggle.
“During the liberation struggle, he led sons and daughters
from this area (Mashonaland West) and around Zimbabwe, guiding them. After
Independence, he climbed up the ladder until he attained the rank of Commander
Defence Forces, a post he held until November last year. In November last year,
after the country had been captured, he resolved to retain the sovereignty of
the country in a peaceful manner, where there was no bloodshed; the most
peaceful takeover by professional and disciplined soldiers. Soon after
Operation Restore Legacy, countries such as South Africa emulated our peaceful
transitional process.” Sunday Mail
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