WAR veterans have called on Zanu PF first secretary and
President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately reconstitute the politburo and get
rid of “all cowards who cheered on” as former First Lady Grace Mugabe and the
G40 cabal allegedly captured former President Robert Mugabe.
Addressing journalists in the capital on Sunday evening,
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association Mashonaland West
provincial chair Blessed Runesu Geza urged Mnangagwa to dump all the “cowards”
who failed to defend him when he was booted out by Mugabe three weeks ago.
“We respect the fact that our President said we should let
bygones be bygones. We do not seek retributive justice, neither are we looking
for positions in this government, but we clearly don’t want to see the same
people who played a role in allowing Grace to capture Mugabe, play a leading
role in this government and body politic. They should reform first, they can’t
seat in the politburo at this time,” he said.
Geza singled out Zanu PF finance secretary Obert Mpofu,
information secretary Simon Khaya Moyo and war veterans secretary Sydney
Sekeramayi, saying they strayed from the party ethos and should not be rewarded
with politburo and Cabinet positions.
“Khaya Moyo should have refused to read the statement
firing our President. We are tired of opportunists who have no principles.
These same people are prepared to dump Mnangagwa today if Mugabe comes back.
They failed to just boycott Cabinet, some of them even wanted to stall
impeachment proceedings,” Geza said amid applause from over 50 war veterans in
attendance.
Mpofu was accused of having declared during a Matabeleland
North provincial co-ordinating committee meeting that he would resign if
Mnangagwa became President.
Zanu PF provincial committee member Cephas Mudenda
confirmed that he attended the meeting where Mpofu made the remarks.
Both Mpofu and Sekeramayi were unreachable on their mobile
phones, while Khaya Moyo insisted that his duty as spokesperson was to just relay
party messages and not his personal convictions. Newsday
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