Paul Nyathi|The ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu has finally come out clean and exposed his political party for exactly what it is.
Mpofu revealed to ZANU PF members that the party has been existing on lies, gossip and greed for money.
Mpofu who holds the third highest office in the party said this during a Bulawayo members’ inter-district meeting at the ZANU PF Davies Hall offices in the city on Saturday.
“This is the issue that we are here to talk about, can people try and live by the truth as lies, gossip and money is what is killing the party,” he said.
“This is why we sat down in Harare and said we need to look into Harare and Bulawayo provinces issues.
Mpofu said it was time to tell people the truth if the party is to move forward. He said when leaders do not have any people then it ceases to be a great leadership.
There is a widespread war within the party on claims that most party members are not fully backing their leader Emmerson Mnangagwa which compromises his position.
Members of the youth league have been battling to organise a “million man march,” to try and prove that Mnangagwa has the numbers behind him. The march has failed to take off as the numbers are not there.
“There is nothing that is very complex in Bulawayo but the truth of the matter is that we need to open up to each other and be leaders that speak the truth.” he said.
“For the party to remain popular among the masses we need to be truthful with each other, lies do not build us. Some of you spend a lot of time gossiping about fellow comrades in the party spreading lies. We will not prosper at all as a province.”
He announced that the party now had fulltime members who work for the party.
“We even have a budget now for our Central Committee members and they will be getting salaries and vehicles for their work. What is left is to give them the terms of reference and they go into the districts and branches and the province. Those vehicles are not for carrying vegetables, it must be for party business. We receive too many reports on how these resources are being misused and it is very embarrassing to say the least.”
“I was asked by the President as to what was the challenge in Bulawayo and I told him that there are people who want to personalise the province. I was asked by one comrade why I was interfering in the issues of Bulawayo and I want to tell that comrade that I am now a part of whatever happens in the province. We want to bring sanity and not protect those people who work against the party,” he said.