Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has stated that the ruling Zanu PF will not form a Government of National Unity (GNU) with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) until the opposition party cleans up its act.
Mohadi made the statements while speaking to hundreds of party supporters in Gutu West constituency ahead of a November 11 by-election for its candidate John Paradza.
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He claimed that the CCC was in a state of chaos
“The Citizens Coalitions for Change is in pieces and Zanu PF we are a solid party and we have a vision unlike the opposition, so there is no Government of National Unity and we can’t bring into the government of national unity a party which is in tatters,” Mohadi said.
“As a party we have projects which we are doing and we can’t afford to join hands with Citizens Coalition for Change, we want to do our own projects alone.
“Our elections were free and fair and there was no violence in our elections, there were people on holiday with machines and wanted to announce election results before the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced the results.”
Going into a GNU with opposition parties, he declared, was a costly error that wasn’t going to be repeated.
Following the disputed election in 2008, Zanu PF was forced into a GNU in 2009. Morgan Tsvangirai, the late leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, withdrew from a re-run poll after no clear winner was announced between him and late former President Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013, when the GNU was governed by the now-deceased Mugabe.
Despite the GNU, the ruling Zanu PF held key posts in several ministries.
Meanwhile, Mohadi’s speech in Gutu West was overshadowed by his collapse while addressing party supporters. He was whisked away to an unknown destination with party officials saying he was diabetic.
