By Farai D Hove| MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s rising influence on the sinews of national politics has continued in strength with even former President Robert Mugabe voicing that he will only back a party with youths in its core structures.

Mugabe reportedly told the newly formed National Patriotic Front leadership that he will only back them if they have the youth at the centre of their organisation.

Already the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has found that 60% of registered voters are aged 40 and BELOW, in what has seen the ZEC somewhat panicking and shifting the pegs of the voter registration period.

The Retired General Ambrose Mutinhiri has been revealed as the leader of the new splinter party, but Mugabe insists on youths to be part of his presidium.

So far Mugabe has told the African Union that he was forced to resign in a military coup which means that the new Emmerson Mnangagwa government is illegitimate and unconstitutional according to him.

So what type of new government does Mugabe envision? The former Head Of State told Mutinhiri that he must have youths inside his structures and following that guide the NPF will now have two Vice President who are young.

The party’s spokesman Jealousy Mawarire last night told ANN7 Mugabe insisted on a set of specific things. Said Mawarire as ZimEye transcribes, “I think that we have made it clear in the statements we have issued out that President Robert Mugabe  has told our president Retired General Mutinhiri that he will back us if we do the things that he considers are very fundamental, one of which is a return turn to constitutionalism; The second that we have the rule of law ; The third that we take in as many youths as possible to the National Patriotic Front. So it is not like he has given us a blank cheque but he has told us that if we do things this way you have my support…” WATCH THE FULL VIDEO BELOW:

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