Drama As Obert Mpofu Says Politburo To Run Govt, Not Ministers
16 September 2018
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By Own Correspondent| In what the exiled Prof Jonathan Moyo last week warned Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on, Zimbabwe’s worst fears have finally been confirmed by the ZANU PF party.

 

ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa has reorganised and modernised the ruling party following the Chinese and South African models where the party is supreme to government hence directs government operations, a senior Zanu Pf official, Obert Mpofu has said.

The former Home Affairs Minister who is also Zanu Pf Secretary for Administration said his party was following models from China and South Africa where the politburo members were full time employees who run government operations through ministers.

Said Mpofu in an interview with a local publication:

“If you look at the Communist Party of China, it is responsible for directing Government. Politburo members are full-time employees and they run the operations of Government through the minister…

In our case, the President in his wisdom has assigned certain key department to run full-time. This is aimed to strengthen the operations of the party both organisationally and operationally.

…We will be working closely with institutions of development and ensure that they conform to agreed positions by the party; I am talking about Government institutions.

As is always said, the party is supreme. The President of the country is the Supreme President of the party and in this case, our President Cde Mnangagwa is the President and First Secretary and he is the one who appoints Government on behalf of the party.”-statemedia