Former Zanu PF Politburo member Didymus Mutasa and Retired
Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri have been formally welcomed back to the
ruling party, with the former declaring that he never left Zanu PF.
When Zanu PF Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu
made an announcement of the two’s return to the revolutionary party last week,
many might have taken it as mere talk.
One week later, this Tuesday (today) was the day and the
stage was the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare, where the two cadres were
formally welcomed back to the revolutionary party they had in the past served
with passion.
“I never left Zanu PF,” roared Cde Mutasa, adding that he
was only a victim of a purge masterminded by former president Robert Mugabe who
wanted his wife to succeed him.
“It is the former president and his wife who pushed us out
because he wanted to elevate his wife to become president. Let him hear now
that I have rejoined Zanu PF,” said Cde Mutasa, who is one of the few surviving
Zanu PF founders.
Retired Brigadier General Mutinhiri, who is one of the few
surviving ZIPRA commanders, expressed joy for being readmitted after his
colleagues forgave him for his mistake.
If you make a mistake and repent and your colleagues
welcome you back, it is time to rejoice, he said.
The two’s return to Zanu PF comes in the wake of President
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for unity and re-admission of all members purged
during the Mugabe era.
The President of our party wants everybody in Zanu PF and
he has called for all the former members who broke away for whatever reason to
come back into the fold of the party and be part of our new
dispensation,; said Dr Mpofu, during the welcoming ceremony.
We have others who have approached us recently indicating
their willingness to come, and my mandate is to ensure that whoever wants to
come back is readmitted, Dr Mpofu added.
Cde Mutasa and Retired Brigadier General Mutinhiri left the
ruling party in 2014 and 2017 respectively and after their readmission today,
Cde Mutasa has been assigned to serve at the Herbert Chitepo Ideological
School.
Obert Mpofu was joined by other Politburo members; Cde Edna
Madzongwe, Cde Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Cde Lewis Matutu and Dr Sydney
Sekeramayi in welcoming the two back to the party.
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