FORMER Zanu PF stalwart, Didymus Mutasa, yesterday said he
would not shed tears over former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent
expulsion from the ruling party, describing the underfire ex-VP as the author
of his current problems.
“I have got a soft heart for everybody, not only Mnangagwa
but anybody who is treated unfairly. However, in this case I don’t think
Mnangagwa was treated unfairly,” said Mutasa, who was unceremoniously elbowed
out of Zanu PF in 2014 alongside former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and over
100 other top officials on allegations of plotting to oust President Robert
Mugabe.
Mutasa claimed that Mnangagwa engineered their demise and
popped champagne when they were pushed out of the ruling party and government.
He said Mnangagwa, fired last week for allegedly
undermining Mugabe, was now being forced to taste his own medicine. The former
VP is currently holed up in South Africa from where he has fired salvos at
Mugabe, threatening to come back soon to control all levers of power.
“There are bad things that he did and they have been
exposed now and the question is why they were keeping it all along because they
were known even way back,” Mutasa said, urging Zimbabweans to stop the habit of
electing “foolish leaders” in top leadership positions.
“The way forward I think is to realise that we must not
remain as fools because I think that is how Zimbabweans have behaved all along.
We have been fools and those that have been put into positions, people like
Mnangagwa have behaved foolishly.
“I think Zimbabwe should wake up and we have a very good
opportunity ahead of us to wake up and elect truly good leaders. You cannot
continuously elect (poor) leaders at Parliament and say our Parliament will
work.
“How can Parliament work with fools, when it is not
properly composed with people with the correct ideology, those who truly want
to work for their country? I don’t see those in Parliament having that spirit.
They are going to Parliament to just be called Members of Parliament not to
bring anything constructive for the country,” he said.
Zimbabwe is going for elections next year where the divided
Zanu PF will face multiple opposition coalitions. The former Cabinet minister
said people must take elections seriously and put in place leaders capable of
transforming the country. Newsday
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