ZANU-PF Politburo In Crunch Meeting

ZANU-PF politburo meeting May 3, 2013. Zimbabwe is preparing for national elections in the Southern African state., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.

Politburo in crunch meeting

Saturday, 04 May 2013 00:00
Herald Reporter

THE Zanu-PF Politburo was by last night still locked in a crunch meeting on rules and regulations to guide the party’s primary elections ahead of the impending harmonised elections. The rules are

expected to stipulate who qualifies to represent the party in the forthcoming local government, House of Assembly, Senate and Presidential elections.

The Politburo, Zanu-PF’s most powerful organ between congresses, was also expected to receive reports from the probe team that was tasked to investigate problems in Manicaland and Harare provinces.
From Harare Province, the team will descend on Masvingo and all other provinces.

On Thursday, Masvingo provincial chairperson Cde Lovemore Matuke told party supporters in Bikita to prepare for the team’s visit.

“We have an impending visit in the province from the team tasked with spearheading campaigns, so I urge you to be prepared for it,” said Cde Matuke.

Zanu-PF spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo said the special meeting would discuss issues around the rules and regulations guiding primary elections.

“We will obviously discuss issues to do with the rules and regulations guiding the primary elections because time is not on our side,” Cde Gumbo said before the special meeting started.

“We also expect to receive reports from the team that went to Manicaland and Harare.

“We would also want to hear feedback on the mobilisation exercise that is going on throughout the country. Our message in mobilisation is ‘Your Vote is your Voice’.”

Zanu-PF is restructuring in a move that will see the team led by national chairperson Cde Simon Khaya Moyo touring all the provinces to get the views of party structures.

The rules are expected to stipulate who qualifies to represent the revolutionary party in local government, House of Assembly, Senate and Presidential elections.

Other members of the team are national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu, Secretary for Security Cde Sydney Sekeramayi and Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa.

The probe team was tasked with reviving the fortunes of the party in the provinces, a development that saw Politburo member Cde Callistus Ndlovu being appointed chairperson for Bulawayo Province, taking over from Cde Killian Sibanda who was redeployed to the deputy chairman’s position.

The team would travel to all the provinces to assess Zanu-PF’s state of preparedness ahead of the harmonised elections.

President Mugabe has spoken out against the imposition of candidates in the elections and has urged party supporters to register as voters because the coming polls are crucial for the future of the country.