A Zanu PF splinter party led by Ambrose Mutinhiri says it will
announce its leadership structure after consultations that will ensure
it has grassroots support.
The National Patriotic Front (NPF), believed to be the new political
home for most former Zanu PF members aligned to the vanquished G40
faction, was formed last month, but has kept the nation guessing on big
names allegedly backing it.
Mutinhiri and national spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire are the only
known members and that the outfit is backed by former president Robert
Mugabe.
But Mawarire said NPF had delayed unveiling its national executive
because they had taken Mugabe’s advice on the kind of broad movement
that they should establish.
“(Former) president Robert Mugabe emphasised the need for a patriotic
front whose major anchor is ‘unity, unity, unity’, that is why we are
embarking on a national project of a grand nature, one that will bring
together as many Zimbabweans from across the political divide as
possible,” he said.
“What Zimbabweans need is a patriotic front that harnesses the strength in our diversity, a platform that utilises the different socio-political and economic skills prevalent in our people that can bring about unity, prosperity and development for our country,” he said.
“So, yes, we are consulting with other opposition players with a view to making NPF the platform, the glue that unites our people for a common purpose of returning the country to constitutionalism and ensuring we are on an economic recovery path that is imperative in order to arrest the current economic and political decay.
“We are working towards a broad movement, a grand platform for national political convergence and
the few weeks to come are going to be exciting and will re-energise our people.”
The NPF has already registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to contest in the forthcoming polls. Standard
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