Emmanuel Thomas l Monday, November 20, 2018
ZIMBABWE – The ruling ZANU PF party in Zimbabwe has summoned caucus meeting of all Members of Parliament, MPs and Senators at the headquarters of the party as deadline for President Robert Mugabe to resign expires today.
In a statement, the party said the meeting will hold at 14.30 PM, Zimbabwe time, adding that all MPs and Senators must attend the meeting. ZANU PF issued the direction as deadline given to President Robert Mugabe to resign expired.
“All Zanu PF MPs and Senators are advised to report for a caucus at ZANU PF HQ today at 1430pm. Please make sure you attend”, ZANU PF said. The ZANU PF had thretened to impeach him if he opts not to resign and recalled his wife, Grace Mugabe forever.
Mugabe is reported to have signed an ageeement to resign and thst he will make key announcement next week. According to CNN, the agreement includes immunity from prosecution for him, his wife and some generals.
In his address to the party, President Mugabe warned that it always wise to follow the road because short cuts are always dangerous.
“Short cuts have lions, there is sickness and death. You need to use proper routes.” “The same applies with leadership. You cannot be a leader through short cuts”, he said.
He said VP Emmerson Mnangagwa played the loyalty card yet scheming and aligning people for future take over. He would mislead people and if what he told them does not come to fruition, he would conjur up other lies again.
”People were told that I will retire in March, but i did not. Upon realising that I wasn’t, he started to consult traditional healers on when I was going to die. At some point, he was told that he would die first before me.”
President Mugabe says his former deputy lacked the supreme discipline and he would infiltrate the structures trying to influence rebellious conducts. – One can not be a leader, President Mugabe says if they do not have discipline. – President Mugabe has castigated tribalism adding that people are just the same.
“You can not claim to be the greatest because you come from a particular province. We are one people. Sibanye, Simunye. Tirimunhu mumwe chete, tirivanhu vamwe chete. We are one people,” says President Mugabe.
“There were people who were now claiming they are the greatest. They are Karangas. No, we do not want that. We will throw them away. ”Some will mourn and say they lost their leader. Ehe, you have lost your leader because he had become a deviant. We have kicked him out for the same reasons that saw us chasing away Mujuru. He even assisted us to force her out but we didn’t know he was assisting us so that he could do the same.
President Mugabe says his former deputy lacked ideological orientation and proposes he goes back to a school of ideology. – His Excellency has apologises to Bulawayo Province for what happened last Saturday.“Takakukanganisirayi isu vepamusoro. We plotted what happened. But we have dealt with it. We are looking forward to dealing with those who were cavorting with him (former VP Mnangagwa).
