President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly instructed ZANU PF Secretary for Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa, to delete a public statement he posted on X defending the co-option of controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the party’s Central Committee The directive, announced via the ZANU PF-alignedOperation Restore Legacysocial media page on Monday, comes amid growing speculation over internal factionalism within the ruling party “The President and First Secretary of ZANU PF directed the Secretary for Legal Affairs to avoid this transgression in his future discharge of his duties,” the statement read The same source claimed Chinamasa had been ordered to retract his post on X (formerly Twitter), where he defended the process that led to Tagwirei’s co-option
“Chasara kuramba Twitter account,” the post added, hinting at possible further restrictions on Chinamasa’s use of the platform In the now-deleted tweet, Chinamasa had posted a lengthy statement, characterizing the controversy as “much ado about nothing” and defending Tagwirei’s appointment as legitimate and above board Below is Chinamasa’s full statement, reproduced as originally posted:
FULL STATEMENT BY PATRICK CHINAMASA:
“The Zanupf Department of Legal Affairs is relieved and takes note that the furore/controversy/confusion/wrangle/much ado about nothing/social media hype/misinformation/disinformation that surrounded Harare Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) cooption of Cde Kudakwashe Tagwirei into the Zanupf Central Committee is now over and irreversibly settled From the outset, it was difficult to understand the source of the problem
Our Harare PCC convened on Monday, 31 March 2025, and voted to recommend the cooption of Cde Tagwirei into the Central Committee The Province addressed the letter of recommendation to the Zanupf Secretary General, Cde Dr Obert Moses Mpofu The letter was copied to the Departments of the Commissariat and Legal Affairs, amongst others
Source: Zimeye
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Source: Zimeye
