Former Zanu-PF senior members are trooping back to the
ruling party following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a unified party.
This follows the re-joining of National Patriotic Front
(NPF) interim leader and presidential candidate in the 2018 Harmonised
Elections Ambrose Mutinhiri and former Zanu- PF secretary for Administration
Didymus Mutasa to the ruling party.
Indications are high that National People’s Party president
Joice Mujuru will return to Zanu-PF soon.
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Cde Obert Mpofu
confirmed the latest developments saying President Mnangagwa’s call for unity
in the party and the country was gaining traction.
“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
Cde Mpofu.
“I am aware of comrades who have indicated that they would
like to come back, Mai Mujuru is one of them and her party (NPP). Ambrose
Mutinhiri is already back in the party.
“We have others that have approached us recently indicating
their willingness to come.” Ms Mujuru left Zanu-PF in 2014 after being accused
of leading a faction and causing disunity in the party.
Contacted for contact Ms Mujuru professed ignorance over
the developments.
In line with his re-engagement thrust, Cde Mpofu said,
President Mnangagwa has been meeting with leaders of other political parties
and recently visited Chimanimani with them to demonstrate and foster unity.
“The President has been visiting Chimanimani together with
other leaders of political parties as part of this engagement where he wants
Zimbabweans to work together in the development of their country. So we are
ready to work with our fellow Zimbabweans,” said Cde Mpofu.
Speaking at a Zanu-PF Makonde inter-district meeting,
politburo member Cde Prisca Mupfumira said unity being cultivated at the top
should cascade to the grassroots of the party and communities.
“We want unity and people should take heed of what
President Mnangagwa is saying. We should not point fingers at others accusing
them of being part of this or that formation,” she said.
“At the Politburo, there are people who had left the party
for one reason or another and they indicated that they want to be back and were
readmitted.
“Cde Mutasa is now back at (our) Headquarters. There is no
need for labelling each other as Gamatox or whatever. People are now united at
the top.
“The President visited Chimanimani together with leaders of
opposition parties. We want to be united and we want everyone back in the
party. If senior people are being readmitted into the party why should people
at the grassroots who want to come back be subjected to interrogation,” she
said.
Cde Mupfumira said people should disengage from the primary
election mode and focus on unity and work towards development. Sunday Mail
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