Mphoko: I Won’t Remove Mugabe
31 July 2015
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ZIMBABWE’s VICE PRESIDENT Phelekezela Mphoko has said he is not planning on removing President Robert Mugabe.
Speaking yesterday Mphoko dismissed claims that he is angling to succeed President Mugabe.
He said he is content with his current post.
Mphoko appointed last year, said he should not be mixed up in succession plots after becoming a target of so called anti-Government tabloids.
Grace Mugabe and Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere have also denied similar claims, with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa also being a target in a scheme which appears designed to cause distrust in the party’s hierarchy.
Mphoko, who is on a tour of developmental projects in Matabeleland South province, told villagers in Maphisa that the values of his party Zanu-PF did not allow him to fight for his leader’s post.
“It has been reported that I’m fighting with Mnangagwa over the presidential post. I come from a culture with proper leadership that does not allow us to fight for our seniors’ posts,” the Vice President said.
“I want the people to know that I’m happy with my post as VP and I’m not fighting with Mnangagwa over the presidency. President Mugabe is not only our leader, but our father. We therefore respect his leadership and this will never change.”
He said it was unfortunate that people were wasting time peddling lies instead of focusing on more important things that bring development to the country.
“The late Vice Presidents s Joshua Nkomo, Simon Muzenda, Joseph Msika and John Nkomo never gave President Mugabe any problems and this is what we were taught in our party. I have no intentions to give our leader any problems.
“Those who want to be involved in fights for the presidential post are free to do so, but they should leave me alone because I’ve important work to do for the nation as VP.”
Kasukuwere, who is also the Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, recently distanced himself from the reports, saying he should be counted out of the imagined race.
He said he was there to assist and serve President Mugabe and should not be implicated in any succession plots and speculations.
President Mugabe has warned party members against propping up some leaders over others as this would create another “Gamatox” — a reference to a putschist cabal led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru who was expelled along with other top party officials for plotting to unconstitutionally depose him ahead of the 6th Zanu-PF People’s Congress last December.(State Media/Additional Reporting)

2 Replies to “Mphoko: I Won’t Remove Mugabe”

  1. KKKKKKK. Saka ane tsoro ya arikuronga ka uyu. Vamwe vese are are saying they CAN’T. Iye ari kuti he WON’T. Meaning ane ma options on how to deal with his Boss. kkkkkkkkk. Pamwe chirungu hameno.

  2. We don’t even want U to be the president at all hence even if U wanted to remove him who would U lead

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