{"id":79036,"date":"2023-06-14T22:40:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-rallies-zanu-pf-storm-troopers"},"modified":"2023-06-15T00:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:33:24","slug":"ed-rallies-zanu-pf-storm-troopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-rallies-zanu-pf-storm-troopers","title":{"rendered":"ED rallies Zanu PF storm troopers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday rallied the Zanu PF election machinery, including liberation war veterans and youths, to take charge of the ruling party\u2019s campaign ahead of the August 23 polls.<\/p>\n

The ex-fighters and Zanu PF youths have unleashed violence on opposition activists in previous elections.<\/p>\n

Addressing the Zanu PF politburo in the capital, Mnangagwa said several affiliate organisations, among them Teachers4ED and Pastors4ED would also come in handy to ensure he lands a landslide victory against his political nemesis Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change whom he narrowly defeated in the disputed 2018 presidential race.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa, who claimed that government\u2019s detractors were de-campaigning Zanu PF through manipulation of the exchange rate and prices of basic commodities, revealed that the ruling party would officially launch its 2023 election campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that our candidates for councils and Parliament, including youth and women\u2019s quotas have been trained and oriented, preparations for the launch of our 2023 Zanu PF election campaign must be accelerated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch will be held in Chipinge district, Manicaland province.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to receiving detailed schedules of grassroots mobilisation programmes for all the leagues that is, the youth, women and war veterans.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, I am impressed by the mobilisation capacity and unity of purpose demonstrated by our party\u2019s affiliate organisations.<\/p>\n

\u201cRiding on these mobilisation strategies… all leagues of the party must sustain this momentum with focus at the ward level, polling centre by polling centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cMultiple voices communicating one co-ordinate message must speak to the constituencies, wards and villages with regards what the party has delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI challenge the politburo to continue providing strategic guidance and leadership to our party structures with regards to sharpening our mobilisation towards August 23.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zanu PF last week held a week-long workshop in Gweru, Midlands province to craft election campaign strategies and heal the ruling party that was left divided after its April primary elections.<\/p>\n

The workshop was also attended by the party\u2019s aspiring candidates.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa has reportedly turned to the shadowy ForED and another group called Forever Associate Zimbabwe in his re-election bid amid claims that he is not confident that party structures will deliver victory for him.<\/p>\n

In 2008, the late President Robert Mugabe was almost removed from power when party structures turned against him in a protest vote termed Bhora musango.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that Mnangagwa fears a protest vote.<\/p>\n

The ruling party has already pampered its aspiring Members of Parliament with top-of-the-range vehicles ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa, however, claimed that the skyrocketing prices of basic goods were an attempt to decampaign Zanu PF.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we convene today and focus on the elections, the usual machinations and heinous acts of our country\u2019s detractors to reverse our development agenda are glaring,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is evidenced by their antics and asymmetrical tactics, which include the attack on our currency and the wanton increases in the price of basic commodities, they will never succeed and perpetrators will be brought to book.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are growing calls for redollarisation as service providers shun the free-falling local currency, plunging the majority of citizens who earn in Zimbabwe dollars into deep poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur people’s vote should be a resounding rejection of the machinations of our country\u2019s detractors and their surrogates,\u201d Mnangagwa added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the politburo, it is our responsibility to lead from the front and ensure widespread mobilisation across the party membership towards protecting and defending our freedom and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nomination court sits on June 21.<\/p>\n

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