Grace Mugabe who is the Zanu-PF Women’s League secretary is not interested in succeeding her husband, the State Media reports claiming.
Her deputy Eunice Nomthandazo Moyo quoted by the state broadsheet media has rubbished the stories which she said are being peddled by sections of the private media.
During the interview Moyo said the subject was discussed at the Women’s League national executive meeting in Harare on Wednesday, where the leadership was concerned about the misconception over the First Lady’s position.
“The issue of the First Lady harbouring ambitions to succeed His Excellency (President Mugabe) is misleading. We have not discussed that as the Women’s League and we don’t know where it’s coming from,” she said.
Moyo said the Wednesday meeting discussed the Women League’s resolutions ahead of the December 2015 zanu-pf annual national people’s conference, which seem to have been misconstrued.
The party’s conference was held in Victoria Falls.
“It came to our attention as the Women’s League executive that our resolutions for the conference were not clearly understood hence we needed to clarify that.
“We have said we wanted the constitution to be amended by 2016 and not that we wanted the Vice Presidency by 2016. What we want this year is to have the constitution corrected so that when the time to elect leaders comes (at congress in 2018) one of the VPs will be a woman. This has to be clear so that we are protected by the constitution as women.”
Moyo is also Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Bulawayo. She went on to Say the league’s recommendation for a constitutional amendment should not be taken out of context and be confused with “succession” politics.
She pointed out that as an organ of the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF, the Women’s League was fully behind the First Family.
“We want to set the record straight because some people are being misled. As the Women’s League we’re in solidarity with the First Family. We always work and go with the First Lady and at no point has she declared an ambition for any higher post.
In fact, she has said she is content where she is. People should stop giving her a position she has not asked for.” – state media
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That is how things start…Kamoto kamberevevere….Chipembenene kupinda munzeve yomwana…The writing is on the wall very LOUD and CLEAR. Even the blind can see, and the deaf can hear, the insane can interpret….
That is how things start…Kamoto kamberevevere….Chipembenene kupinda munzeve yomwana…The writing is on the wall very LOUD and CLEAR. Even the blind can see, and the deaf can hear, the insane can interpret….