Source:
War
Veterans
Association
Faction
Calls
On
Mnangagwa
To
Step
Down
A
faction
of
the
Zimbabwe
National
Liberation
War
Veterans
Association
(ZNLWVA)
has
called
for
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s
resignation,
despite
having
over
three
years
remaining
in
his
second
and
final
term,
reports NewsDay.
The
faction’s
leader,
Andrease
Mathibela,
said
at
a
press
conference
in
Harare
on
Friday
that
they
had
consulted
with
Zimbabwean
citizens,
who
agreed
that
Mnangagwa
should
step
down.
Said
Mathibela:
Maybe
our
presser
today
is
the
last.
We
want
to
address
the
elephant
in
the
room
as
quickly
as
possible.
It
may
be
in
a
week
or
two,
the
pressure
will
be
on.
Mathibela
also
said
the
association
fully
supported
Geza,
whom
they
had
sent
to
the
front,
describing
him
as
“our
rabble-rouser.”
He
said:
So
obviously,
the
government
is
not
serious
about
addressing
the
crisis
(that)
it
has
created
itself.So,
when
we
look,
as
citizens
of
this
country,
when
we
look
at
any
crisis,
we
ask:
What
is
the
root
cause?
Then
we
deal
with
the
root
cause.I
am
here,
on
behalf
of
all
veterans
and
members
of
the
public,
ordinary
people.
We
were
quiet,
while
all
these
other
noise
makers
were
trying
to
be
relevant.
Guess
what?
We
were
busy
consulting.Just
like
what
we
did
during
the
liberation
struggle.
We
were
working
with
the
masses.
We
were
working
with
the
chiefs.We
were
working
with
the
mass
media,
spirit
mediums,
I
would
say.
And
they
have
told
us,
that
all
veterans,
you
put
your
government
there,
sort
it
out.
Mathibela
asserted
that
the
masses
had
expressed
the
need
to
hold
the
government
they
put
in
power
accountable
and
demand
that
Mnangagwa
step
down. He
said:
That
is
the
challenge
they
have
given
us.
They
say
you
put
this
government,
you
sort
it
out.
And
very
true,
we
will
definitely
sort
it
out.I
am
happy
that
the
nation,
at
large,
which
is
the
suffocating
victims
of
this
crisis,
has
said
‘We
will
go
with
you
veterans,
every
step
of
the
way’.They
have
told
us,
in
no
uncertain
circumstances,
that
this
time
around,
we
must
lead
the
onslaught,
where
the
President
of
the
Republic
of
Zimbabwe
must
step
down
immediately.And
we
are
in
agreement.
We
have
reasons
which
we
can
explain
throughout
the
night,
until
the
following
morning.
Mathibela
also
dismissed
the
US$1.5
million
and
housing
promises
made
to
war
veterans
by
Paul
Tungwarara,
an
investment
advisor
to
Mnangagwa.
He
mocked
these
promises,
referring
to
the
houses
as
“Tungwararas,”
and
questioned
why
only
war
veterans
were
expected
to
benefit,
while
others
who
contributed
to
putting
Mnangagwa
in
power
were
left
out.