Zanu-PF has accused its ministers of leaking confidential Cabinet minutes to \u201chostile\u201d countries such as the united Kingdom amid allegations of a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s appointees and the ruling party\u2019s heavyweights.<\/p>\n
Patrick Chinamasa, the acting Zanu-PF spokesperson, yesterday told journalists in Harare, that Mnangagwa\u2019s Cabinet had moles that served foreign interests.<\/p>\n
Chinamasa said the leaked minutes had in the past become part of discussions in the British Parliament.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very clear that some people are receiving advice from their colonial masters. They oppose everything,\u201d Chinamasa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey disregard the Official Secrets act and now publish cabinet minutes to their colonial masters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to investigate this issue, journalists you can get it.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now the British Parliament discusses our Cabinet minutes in their Parliament. We know that they work with the British.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Justice minister refused to name the ministers that allegedly leak minutes after he was pressed by journalists.<\/p>\n
British parliamentarians from time to time raise issues about human rights violations in Zimbabwe and the political crisis.<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe\u2019s former coloniser has of late taken a tough stance against Mnangagwa\u2019s administration after initially warming up to the 77-year-old ruler when he seized power from former president Robert Mugabe in a military coup.<\/p>\n
Chinamasa\u2019s claims followed repeated allegations that former ministers that were deployed to Zanu-PF headquarters after Mnangagwa left them out of his Cabinet in 2018 are involved in a tug-ofwar with new ministers over supremacy. The Zanu-PF heavyweights want to dictate government policy, arguing that the party is supreme.<\/p>\n
Chinamasa also appeared to be leaning on Local Government minister July Moyo to meddle in the affairs of Chitungwiza Town Council.<\/p>\n
He said they want Moyo to reinstate Zanu-PF member George Makunde as town clerk.<\/p>\n
\u201cZanu-PF is demanding the reinstatement of the town clerk, George Makunde, who was removed by the MDC mayor to facilitate their corrupt activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cZanu-PF considers the suspension of the town clerk to be null and void.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe appointment of the disciplinary board and the prosecutor was done without following laid-down procedures.<\/p>\n
\u201cZanu-PF is demanding that the acting clerk, the director of works and director of housing be suspended forthwith pending finalisation of their cases where they are being accused of abuse of office and corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cZanu-PF is calling on the minister of Local Government July Moyo to exercise his powers and rescind all Chitungwiza Town Council resolutions passed by the MDC-led council to embed systemic corruption within council affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Makunde was suspended in December last year after he was allegedly implicated in the illegal selling of commercial stands.<\/p>\n
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