{"id":25748,"date":"2020-07-26T20:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=25748"},"modified":"2020-07-26T20:10:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T18:10:33","slug":"chiwenga-didnt-want-mugabe-out-he-was-deceived-former-cabinet-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chiwenga-didnt-want-mugabe-out-he-was-deceived-former-cabinet-minister","title":{"rendered":"\u201cChiwenga Didn\u2019t Want Mugabe Out, He Was Deceived,\u201d \u2013 Former Cabinet Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Zimbabwean cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi has said vice president Constantino Chiwenga might not have planned the ouster of the late former president Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter thread, Mzembi suggested that Chiwenga was deceived. Chiwenga was the army boss when Mugabe was removed from power in 2017 in a transition which many say was a military coup. Mzembi posted:<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t believe Chiwenga wanted Mugabe out per se, was deceived by the cunning Serpent to a point of no return. Observing his mannerisms as VP &amp; aloofness from current mess I see a man with more Q than As, more regrets re dragging Army into this failure!<\/p>\n<article class=\"stream-item js-stream-item is-draggable is-actionable \" data-key=\"1287021026631712770\" data-account-key=\"twitter:1202099125\" data-drag-type=\"tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1287021026631712770\">\n<div class=\"js-stream-item-content item-box js-show-detail \">\n<div class=\"js-tweet tweet is-conversation js-has-replies\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body js-tweet-body\">\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks \" lang=\"en\">I was involved in bringing up two Security Ministers from RSA as FAM, the minutes of their meeting and the demands from then CDF Chiwenga do not reflect a burning desire to see Mugabe go. It was Mugabe himself who underplayed the crisis and the Mins flew bk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"stream-item js-stream-item is-draggable is-actionable \" data-key=\"1287022059219030019\" data-account-key=\"twitter:1202099125\" data-drag-type=\"tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1287022059219030019\">\n<div class=\"js-stream-item-content item-box js-show-detail \">\n<div class=\"js-tweet tweet is-conversation js-has-replies\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body js-tweet-body\">\n<p class=\"js-tweet-text tweet-text with-linebreaks \" lang=\"en\">Hours later he asked if they could come back again, the situation had reached another level, but I read him the minutes of what he had said to the RSA Ministers on the phone, &amp; we agreed to escalate issue to SADC Troika, I worked very hard with\u00a0<a class=\"link-complex\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTaxs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener user noreferrer\" data-user-name=\"DrTaxs\">@<span class=\"link-complex-target\">DrTaxs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TK96Qggu\">\n<div class=\"ad-links-inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Zimbabwean cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi has said vice president Constantino Chiwenga might not have planned the ouster of the late former president Robert Mugabe. 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