President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today chair a potentially
explosive politburo meeting after divisions rocked the party since the holding
of the DCC elections last week that have seen party members appealing to him
for assistance.
There have been claims of rigging, intimidation and
violence before, during and after the polls. Acting party national spokesperson
Patrick Chinamasa confirmed the meeting yesterday, but could not give the
agenda.
Chinamasa was not picking calls yesterday to confirm
whether the chaotic DCC elections will be part of the agenda.
“The secretary for administration Obert Mpofu wishes to
advise all members that there shall be a politburo meeting to be held on
Wednesday,” a notice announcing the meeting read in part.
Analysts said the chaos that gripped Zanu PF in the DCC
elections was an indication that the ruling party had failed its first internal
democratic test since the November 2017 coup.
Reports of violence, arrests and rigging were reported in
Nyanga, Goromonzi, Midlands, Masvingo and several other districts and dozens of
complaints have since been lodged with the party leadership.
Hundreds of potential candidates were blocked from
contesting after they were labelled G40 loyalists while names of some party
members were missing from the voters’ roll.
Mnangagwa had earlier directed that all those linked to G40
should not be allowed to contest. That created problems because some of us were
labelled G40 and we suffered for that, that divides the party and the
leadership cannot allow some of its cadres to be labelled G40 by those they
will be contesting against,” one of the victims in Goromonzi said.
In Mutare where re-runs been ordered in some districts,
party members burnt voting materials alleging rigging. Newsday
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