{"id":79329,"date":"2023-06-20T09:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/exiled-kasukuwere-to-file-presidential-candidature-with-nomination-court-raps-mnangagwa-for-reneging-on-2018-campaign-promises-looting-minerals"},"modified":"2023-06-20T13:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:37:51","slug":"exiled-kasukuwere-to-file-presidential-candidature-with-nomination-court-raps-mnangagwa-for-reneging-on-2018-campaign-promises-looting-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/exiled-kasukuwere-to-file-presidential-candidature-with-nomination-court-raps-mnangagwa-for-reneging-on-2018-campaign-promises-looting-minerals","title":{"rendered":"Exiled Kasukuwere to file presidential candidature with nomination court; raps Mnangagwa for reneging on 2018 campaign promises, looting minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>SELF-EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he will be filing his papers when the nomination court sits on Wednesday to select candidates for the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n

He recently confirmed his presidential candidature in the August 23 plebiscite.<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere is one of former late President Robert Mugabe\u2019s allies who were hounded out of the country by the military in the November 2017 coup.<\/p>\n

Despite making a brief return in 2018, Kasukuwere has remained holed up in South Africa since.<\/p>\n

He was on trial over a slew of criminal charges which were later quashed by the courts.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the ex-minister said: \u201cMy dear comrades, I have written to illustrate some of the challenges we face. In so doing, I have taken the extraordinary step in these extraordinary times to make myself available for election to the office of the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be standing as an independent Candidate in the 23rd August 2023 national elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn so doing, I will be proceeding to file my candidature in the nomination court in Harare on 21st June 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having served under the ruling party for decades, Kasukuwere described his decision to run as an independent candidate as \u201cpainful\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cUnfortunately, to this day, notwithstanding a promise to let \u201cbygones be bygones\u201d post-November 2017 and a pledge to \u201crestore the legacy\u201d and values of our liberation movement, we continue to witness exclusionary politics; persecution of members who loyally served the people, the party, the government, and the late founding President, Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unacceptable that the so-called new dispensation has exiled myself and many other comrades over one key disagreement about how the internal succession process ought to have been handled.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position was and remains clear, that without intimidation, and abuse of state institutions, Cde Mnangagwa could never have won and cannot win any leadership position in a fair and open political process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere laid into Mnangagwa for defaulting on his 2018 campaign promises saying the Zanu PF leader should not be afforded another five-year term in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn his 2018 campaign, Cde Mnangagwa promised to deliver health care for all, electricity, he promised the youth jobs, he promised educational reforms; he promised modern railway system; he promised to mechanise, modernise and grow the economy; he promised to conduct social and security reforms that predicate our international re engagement needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn all counts, he has failed on his own promises. \u201d<\/p>\n

He further castigated the \u2018dodgy\u2019 \u201cfor ED\u201d groups which have unlimited resources while the Zanu PF structures remain unfunded and slammed Mnangagwa for plundering Zimbabwe\u2019s minerals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is known that from Sandawana to Makaha his family has taken over gold mining, including having shares in government companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is silent on diamond exports which are unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are all aware that his family has taken over imports, distribution, and sale of fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are all aware that his family and associates are involved in almost all the multi-billion-dollar Belarus deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have seen the obscenity of their sudden wealth, yet they argued that President Mugabe was surrounded by criminals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. SELF-EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he will be filing his papers when the nomination court sits on Wednesday to select candidates for the upcoming general elections. He recently confirmed his presidential candidature in the August 23 plebiscite. 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