THE only surviving member of the Dare Rechimurenga, Cde
Rugare Gumbo is on his way to bounce back into the ruling party, Zanu
PF.
Announcing the comeback, Zanu PF Acting National
Spokesperson, Cde Patrick Chinamasa, said following the recommendation by the
Zanu PF Midlands province to admit the former stalwart into the party, they
have no reservations about welcoming him back into the fold.
In a statement, Cde Chinamasa said while the
final considerations shall be made by the Politburo in its next sitting, as a
party they congratulate Cde Gumbo for his decision to return.
“There is no doubt that the party, being the oldest
political organization founded by the people for the people would welcome
heartily Cde Gumbo back to the revolutionary family he helped to found and to
which he was part of at a senior level in the prosecution of the liberation
struggle,” read Cde Chinamasa’s statement.
The readmission follows the return of another Zanu PF party
stalwart, Cde Didymus Mutasa recently.
Cde Chinamasa said Cde Gumbo is a tried and tested cadre of
the party who has matured and come of age, developing both capacity and culture
to deal with its internal contradictions.
“Zanu PF is not like any other mushrooming parties that are
busy splitting, rather the party is busy uniting its cadres and its people and
the nation at large in fighting colonialism, imperialism, and neo-colonialism
under the leadership of His Excellency, President Cde ED Mnangagwa,” said the
party’s Acting Spokesperson.
Cde Rugare Gumbo, a former ZANU PF politburo member and
party’s National Spokesperson, left ZANU PF alongside Joice Mujuru, Didymus
Mutasa, Ray Kaukonde among others in 2014.
They were shown the exit door after their Gamatox faction
was accused of plotting to unseat the then President, the late Cde Robert
Mugabe.
Cde Chinamasa highlighted that though times are difficult
in Zimbabwe, Zanu PF will not relent in its promise to achieve its goals as
enshrined in the 2018 People’s manifesto to economically empower its people.
He added that the party will not allow temporary
disruptions to divert its focus from the social contract that created its
symbiotic relationship with the masses.
“We encourage other progressive stalwarts of the party
scattered all over to come back to their home, Zanu PF, and redouble our
efforts towards realizing the goals of the liberation struggle as encompassed
in vision 2030,” he said. zbc
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