WAR veterans are demanding that President Emmerson Mnangagwa reshuffles his Cabinet and politburo to remove mafikizolos and accommodate ex-combatants Zanu PF central committee member and former legislator Blessed Geza said ex-combatants who risked their lives in the push to remove the late former President Robert Mugabe during the 2017 coup have been sidelined “The people who were working against Mnangagwa and [Vice-President Constantino] Chiwenga, those who wanted the two expelled from the party and killed are the ones who are now enjoying the fruits, while we are being sidelined,”Geza told HStv in an interview “It’s not right
We demand that President Mnangagwa reshuffles his politburo and Cabinet so that he accommodates war veterans.”
Mnangagwa appointed a blend of Cabinet ministers, who included technocrats and some old guard from Zanu PF, leaving out some war veterans who were in the forefront during the coup In February this year, Mnangagwa fired War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa who was one of the public faces of the coup No reasons for his dismissal were given Geza also complained about alleged judicial capture and abuse of law by top Zanu PF chefs
“They are interfering with the judiciary,” he said “The independence of our courts have been compromised It does not matter that I am a Zanu PF central committee member; I will speak as I see it “I urge the judges to come and report to war veterans so that we can deal with this intimidation.”
Mutsvangwa also recently complained about judicial capture in the arrest of his son, Neville, over money laundering and dealing in foreign currency
Early this week, a High Court judge presiding over his son’s case recused herself without giving reasons The opposition and other civic groups have also bemoaned judicial capture Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa refused to challenge Mnangagwa’s disputed victory in last year’s elections citing judicial capture Source: The Standard Zimbabwe
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Source: Thestandard
