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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not been given the credit due to him as regards both economic and security sector reform, a retired opposition MDC official has said.<\/p>\n

Former Bulawayo South lawmaker and MDC policy chief Eddie Cross said while he was not a fan of Mnangagwa, the President has set the country on a sound footing and was on the right direction.<\/p>\n

Cross was speaking at the Cape Town Press Club Thursday at which he claimed South Africa and China had given their green-light to the coup that toppled former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017.<\/p>\n

“Mnangagwa is committed to reform; he has not received sufficient recognition for what he has done. But he has to deal with recalcitrant elements in his party; intelligence sources suggest G40 buying weapons,” said Cross.<\/p>\n

“South Africa agreed and China gave the coup a go-ahead; done extremely efficiently; police were disarmed; army took control; was legitimate, a military assisted transition not a coup because the population supported it.”<\/p>\n

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Mnangagwa won last year’s election with a slim 50.8% majority, beating opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa who came a close second with 44.3% and several challengers.<\/p>\n

However, there was a clear disconnect between Mnangagwa’s narrow win and Zanu PF’s crushing two thirds majority in the legislative polls.<\/p>\n

The Zanu PF leader claimed there was a plot to impeach him just after the elections.<\/p>\n

Added Cross: “Army were two thirds of initial cabinet (post-coup); Mnangagwa, like (South Africa President Cyril) Ramaphosa, is a minority leader within his ruling party; G40 held 100 seats and were intent to remove him; but he survived the election by the skin of his teeth.”<\/p>\n

In his speech, Cross said Mnangagwa had responded to decades long calls for security sector reform, a key demand by the MDC for years.<\/p>\n

“Mnangagwa has reduced police hierarchy, fired the militia, the secret services; the security committee no longer running the politics; moving towards a civil democracy.<\/p>\n

“Army is under civilian control now; former ZIPRA officers now the commanders,” the straight talking Cross said.<\/p>\n

General Philip Valerio Sibanda, a wartime Zipra Commander, is now Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Sibanda is highly respected as a professional soldier who sticks to his duties with little political interference.<\/p>\n

On the economic front, Mnangagwa, according to Cross has also done well.<\/p>\n

“Zimbabwe has gone from a 40% deficit to a balance of payments surplus; by end of next quarter Zim will have a floating currency.<\/p>\n

“Amazing economic achievement done in nine months; (I am) not a fan of Mnangagwa who was part of the Gukurahundi but he is putting Zimbabwe on a new progressive path,” said the former MDC head of policy.<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube claims Zimbabwe has recorded budget surpluses since December last year.<\/p>\n

However, rival factions within Zanu PF and Ncube’s broken relationship with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya, according to Cross, pose the greatest threats to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

“The real threat to Zimbabwe now is not coup but the internal factions in the ruling party; eg Governor Reserve Bank against Finance Minister – this is destabilising the country,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa reportedly survived a poisoning scare at the height of the internal power struggles that rocked Zanu PF before the coup.<\/p>\n

Cross said former First Lady Grace had been prepared to kill the then Vice President.<\/p>\n

“Grace Mugabe was prepared to even murder Mnangagwa; he survived an assassination attempt; later fled,” said Cross.<\/p>\n

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