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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was the one who pushed for the removal of the running mate clause from the Constitution, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has claimed.<\/p>\n

Charamba on Friday conceded to the ZANU PF information department that the running mate clause was \u201cproblematic\u201d as it created a powerful and potentially disloyal Vice-President.<\/p>\n

This comes after ZANU PF and the smaller MDC faction railroaded several constitutional amendments, including striking off the presidential running mate clause to curtail Chiwenga\u2019s succession ambitions.<\/p>\n

But Charamba, who is also Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet (Presidential Communications), claimed that Chiwenga was happy with the constitutional amendments. Said Charamba:<\/p>\n

I had a moment with the Vice-President and I said to him \u2018congratulations Cde Vice-President, the Amendment No 2 went through.<\/p>\n

I then teased him and I said \u2018except you were supposed to be the victim\u2019 so he burst into laughter and then said, \u2018they don\u2019t know how happy the victim is.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t realise I am one person who was driving this thing behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

So it was weeping crocodile tears on the part of the opposition to try and pitch their pseudo reactions to the running mate on the person of the Vice-President who was in fact very happy to be driving it.<\/p>\n

Charamba further dismissed reports claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy are involved in a power struggle behind the scenes. He said:<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t create instability in the hierarchy of Zanu PF by wishing for it. You describe it when it occurs. I always enjoy those sponsored false narratives to say there is a tiff between the President and the Vice-President. I really wish these people knew what I know.<\/p>\n

Chiwenga was the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander when the military staged a coup against the late strongman Robert Mugabe in November 2017.<\/p>\n

He resigned a few weeks after the coup to be appointed Mnangagwa\u2019s deputy. Mnangagwa had taken over from Mugabe following the latter\u2019s \u201cresignation\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was the one who pushed for the removal of the running mate clause from the Constitution, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has claimed. Charamba on Friday conceded to the ZANU PF information department that the running mate clause was \u201cproblematic\u201d as it created a powerful and potentially disloyal Vice-President. 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