FORMER Zanu PF secretary for administration and Cabinet minister Didymus Mutasa has left the door open for a possible return to the ruling party over a year after he was unceremoniously kicked out.
Insiders told NewsDay that the Zanu PF central committee will this Friday consider several disciplinary cases, including “most expulsions” that arose in the run-up to and aftermath of the December 2014 congress.
Mutasa is a key member of the newly-formed Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party that comprises mainly former Zanu PF stalwarts forced out of the ruling party in the past 18 months prior to and after the 2014 congress. The party is led by former Vice-President Joice Mujuru with Mutasa serving as one of the elders.
Mujuru and her team were expelled from Zanu PF on charges of plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe.
Reports have claimed Mugabe is working on a grand plan to destabilise Mujuru’s party through divide-and-rule tactics as well as infiltration of its structures.
“The central committee will hear most, if not all, disciplinary issues including the expulsions of most members in the past. People might be shocked that Mugabe is considering bringing back Mutasa,” a Zanu PF source close to Mutasa said.
Contacted for comment, Mutasa curtly said: “We will cross the bridge when we come to it.”
Asked if he had been approached over the issue, Mutasa retorted: “I have not been approached by anyone. I know nothing, but if they do decide, we will make a decision then.”
Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo was also non-committal.
“I have no idea and, in any case, the issue of the politburo and central committee agenda is the preserve of the secretary for administration (Ignatius Chombo) in consultation with the President,” Khaya Moyo said. Chombo was not available for comment as his mobile phone went unanswered for the better part of yesterday.
However, ZimPF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo insisted that Zanu PF was a closed chapter, ruling any chances of them rejoining the ruling party.
“I cannot go back to infighting and such other nonsense. There is no going back, but those who want to are free to rejoin that party,” Gumbo said yesterday.
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I’ve said it before that no level headed person can be cheated into supporting this PF party as it is evident that these are the same people that did unreparable damage to the economy of Zimbabwe, they have failed to uphold the constitution, they have killed to remain in power, they have rigged elections and manipulated results. The list of their wrongs is endless, yet when chaos erupted in zanuPF and they were fired, they ganged up and regrouped and hid behind what they call a new kid on the block, People First party, and they distance themselves from the evils that together with those that remained in ZanuPF, perpetrated.
Let’s ask ourselves why the majority of pepple in the high ranging positions of the PF party are all the fired spend old guards of ZanuPF.
The writing is on the wall fellow Zimbabweans. For how long are we going to be taken for a ride, for granted and like nonentities at the detriment of our economy, our future and that of our kids and future generations.
We still export all our natural resources in raw material state so many years into our so called democracy, yet we have got these teapots masquerading as government officials without a thought about our economy and it’s generations.
Why is it for example that the president himself has never thought of day building a platinum processing plant in his own country so add to gain more add a nation while he creates employment.
Let us wake up. VIVA proper opposition and Morgan had gone through everything to deserve the definition of proper opposition.
He might have his shortcomings as everyone does, but his good outweighs that.
Lets see if he genuinely has reverted back to being Soul.Perhaps Mugabe has some damaging skeletons of him so he will lure him back using that bait.They did the same to Jonso and I won’t be surprised if Mutasa rejoins Guky PF.He will certainly die a murderer.
Lets see if he genuinely has reverted back to being Soul.Perhaps Mugabe has some damaging skeletons of him so he will lure him back using that bait.They did the same to Jonso and I won’t be surprised if Mutasa rejoins Guky PF.He will certainly die a murderer.
Mutasa must do this. Already he is not trusted and if he does this he will NEVER be trusted again along with the whole of the so called People First. What a bunch of greedy selfish people we have in Zimbabwe.
MaC10 are not sleeping making up lies lets hope this time people will see through the lies ..but Mazimba takapusa
MaC10 are not sleeping making up lies lets hope this time people will see through the lies ..but Mazimba takapusa