HARARE
–
A
resolution
passed
by
Zanu
PF
at
its
annual
conference
in
Bulawayo
last
year
calling
for
constitutional
amendments
to
keep
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
in
power
until
2030
is
being
exploited
by
“a
few
individuals”
to
fuel
divisions
in
the
party,
the
party’s
chairperson
Oppah
Muchinguri
Kashiri
said
Thursday.
Muchinguri
said
some
party
activists
were
being
targeted
for
disciplinary
action
in
the
provinces
by
those
who
have
“weaponised”
the
“2030”
slogan,
she
told
a
state-of-the
party
indaba
at
the
Zanu
PF
headquarters
in
Harare.
“Allow
me
to
put
the
21st
National
People’s
Conference
resolution
number
one
under
spotlight.
Party
leadership
has
observed,
with
dismay,
the
abuse
of
the
resolution
and
the
weaponisation
of
the
‘2030’
slogan,”
she
said.
“The
resolution
is
a
collective
outcome
that
cannot
be
monopolised
by
a
few
individuals
for
personal
gain
and
glory.
These
few
individuals
are
now
exploiting
the
resolution
and
the
2030
slogan
to
provoke
discord
and
petty
disciplinary
cases.
This
must
stop
forthwith.
“You’re
all
aware
that
the
resolution
was
and
is
supported
by
everyone
hence
let
us
give
the
requisite
party
protocol
time
to
process
it
accordingly.”
Muchinguri,
who
is
also
the
defence
minister
and
is
seen
as
an
ally
of
Mnangagwa’s
ambitious
deputy
Constantino
Chiwenga,
appeared
to
take
issue
with
recent
organised
attacks
on
Chiwenga
by
a
section
of
the
party
who
sang
songs
denigrating
him
at
the
National
Heroes
Acre,
while
extolling
Mnangagwa.
Muchinguri
claimed
this
posed
a
“national
security
risk,”
without
explaining.
She
railed:
“It
is
shameful
for
any
leader
to
always
be
seized
with
primitive
and
sometimes
barbaric
political
bickering
and
chicanery
which
divides
the
party.
Such
behaviour
is
a
bonus
arsenal
for
our
opposition
forces.
“The
consequence
of
such
a
smear
campaign
amongst
ourselves
is
the
propagation
of
artificial
factionalism…
Our
president
and
entire
presidium
must
be
protected
by
shunning
factionalism
which
is
a
mere
figment
of
imagination
by
self-serving
individuals.
This
then
degenerates
into
a
national
security
risk.”
Claiming
that
opposition
politics
“is
currently
dead,”
Muchinguri
said
“divisive
elements
within
have
become
our
greatest
undoing.”
She
added:
“Even
some
of
our
own
affiliates,
like
the
churches,
are
now
being
infiltrated
by
the
enemy
[within].”
Mnangagwa
is
in
his
second
and
final
term
as
president,
but
some
of
his
fanatical
supporters
–
mainly
elites
surviving
on
patronage
–
are
pushing
an
agenda
to
amend
the
constitution
and
remove
term
limits.
The
plan
faces
many
legal
and
political
hurdles,
with
Chiwenga
reportedly
opposed
to
it.
Mnangagwa
insists
he
will
step
down
when
his
term
ends
in
2028,
but
few
believe
him.