Tagwirei, a
former advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is being supported by Zanu PF’s
Harare province to join the central committee amid resistance by a faction
linked to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.
His co-option
was delayed by what Zanu PF officials said were procedures that needed to be
followed and Mutsvangwa said he needed to be cleared by the presidium
consisting of Mnangagwa, Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi before he could attend
meetings.
“The presidium
was supposed to deliberate and endorse the appointment, but whether it was for
lack of proper advice from the Harare provincial leadership or personal
ambition, he assumed it would be a headlong stampede,” he told The Standard.
“It was
procedurally wrong and the constitution had to be read out to him that ‘you are
not yet a member and that you are coming into an institution with principles
and guidelines’.”
Zanu PF’s
provincial leaders across the country have chosen members or are in the process
of choosing members for cooption into the central committee.
Mutsvangwa
suggested that Tagwirei may have to start from the party’s grassroot structures
or to go through the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.
“This kind of
behaviour creates its own problems because it flouts the constitution, the
party guiding principles and tenets,” he said.
“It shows that
you are not ready to be part of it and you may have to go back and understand
where you are.”
“He wanted to
know the power he was assuming not the mode to exercise that power.
“Without that
faux pas, the process would have taken its due course. It brings with it an
element of bad faith or uninformed ambition.
“This ignorance
or naivety indicates that his beginning should be the Chitepo School of
Ideology.
“The tenets of
the party are concretised in its constitution and if you are coming in you have
to relate accordingly.” Standard
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