THE MDC has made sensational claims that it is working with some disgruntled Zanu-PF MPs to impeach President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the country\u2019s worsening economic rot and the recent killings of innocent civilians by security forces.<\/p>\n
This comes as Zanu-PF\u2019s notorious demons of factionalism and tribalism have returned to the former liberation movement with a vengeance \u2014 with devastating effects on both the ruling party and the country.<\/p>\n
However, Zanu-PF said yesterday that it was \u201cwishful thinking\u201d on the part of the MDC to think that the country\u2019s main opposition could sway its legislators to turn against its leader, \u201cno matter the circumstances\u201d.<\/p>\n
But combative MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala told the Daily News that they were in \u201cearnest talks\u201d with some unnamed Zanu-PF Members of Parliament to try and impeach Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n
\u201cImpeachment is one of the available ways to the country to get rid of this dictator. There are many people in Zanu-PF who are fed up with his brutal rule and they have been whispering to and encouraging us to take that move (impeachment).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is, therefore, no doubt that impeachment can be carried out \u2026 every possible card is on the table, but I will not divulge our next strategy for now.<\/p>\n
\u201cViolation of the Constitution is central to every impeachment process, the main one being the crimes against humanity that were committed on the people of Zimbabwe in August 2018 and in January 2019,\u201d Sikhala said.<\/p>\n
The militant Zengeza West MP was referring to the August 1, 2018 army shootings which left at least six innocent civilians dead \u2014 after soldiers used live ammunition to quell an ugly demonstration in Harare.<\/p>\n
Security forces were further accused of killing at least 20 civilians in January 2019 following deadly riots which erupted in Harare, Bulawayo and several other towns \u2014 after a steep fuel price hike that was announced by Mnangagwa ahead of his trips to Eastern Europe at the time.<\/p>\n
Sikhala said all this formed part of the grounds to impeach Mnangagwa \u2014 who later set up a commission of inquiry to deal with the August 2018 killings.<\/p>\n
Rights groups and Western powers have also demanded punishment for the security forces accused of killing the civilians in 2018 and last year.<\/p>\n
Sikhala also said yesterday that the country\u2019s worsening economic rot, as well as its high unemployment and poverty levels also provided solid reasons to push for Mnangagwa\u2019s ouster.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, his failure to fulfil any of his promises is an aggravating factor. He promised jobs, jobs and more jobs when he committed the coup in 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we have never witnessed a single job that he created. No single industry has opened and instead, people are losing the jobs they had during (the late president Robert) Mugabe\u2019s era.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, he is an illegitimate president. He rigged against President (Nelson) Chamisa. The presidency he holds is clothed with all the characteristics of illegitimacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people\u2019s president is Advocate Nelson Chamisa, not this masquerade,\u201d the take-no-prisoners Sikhala said further.<\/p>\n
The planned putsch against Mnangagwa comes as Zanu-PF is reeling from escalating factional wars.
\nAt the same time, Zimbabwe is in the grip of a gigantic economic crisis \u2014 the worst in a decade \u2014 which has stoked tensions in the country.<\/p>\n
Although the MDC doesn\u2019t have the numbers in Parliament to impeach Mnangagwa, it is banking the support of disgruntled Zanu-PF legislators in this mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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