ZANU-PF Secretary for Commissariat Cde Saviour Kasukuwere
Tendai Mugabe in Guruve—
ZANU-PF national commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere says he will not resign from his post as he was appointed by the party’s First Secretary President Robert Mugabe, the sole appointing authority for Politburo members. A faction of the war veterans’ association has been at the forefront of demanding Cde Kasukuwere’s removal from the position, which they want filled by one of their number.
But addressing scores of Zanu-PF supporters in Guruve yesterday, where he was drumming up support for the party’s candidate Cde Patrick Dutiro in a by-election slated for tomorrow, Cde Kasukuwere said he was not going anywhere.
The Guruve South seat fell vacant following the expulsion of Chriswell Mutematsaka from Zanu-PF for his links with sacked Vice President Joice Mujuru who sought to unseat President Mugabe unconstitutionally.
“There’s no room for madness. If you’re indisciplined, tough luck. Some thought that they can be indisciplined in Zanu-PF and were expelled,” Cde Kasukuwere said. “The’re some now who dream of removing me. I will not resign,” he said. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m prepared to die here as your political commissar, the political commissar of Robert Mugabe. You tell me to leave, leave and go where? I was given a task by the President.”
He said Zanu-PF was a disciplined party and those who violated its constitution should not cry foul when the National Disciplinary Committee descended on them. Cde Kasukuwere said party members should remain united following the party’s ideology.
He, however, said no one should claim ownership of the party’s ideology and it should not be twisted to suit ambitions of certain individuals.
“Ideology can’t be about going against revolutionary principles. Ideology can’t be about the removal of our leader,” he said. “Ideology is about standing firm and defending our party leadership. Don’t invent ideology in your own way to suit your own circumstances. Don’t tell us about ideologies as if you defined them. Ideology is ideology.
“We’ll not be moved, we’re Zimbabweans. I’m a Zimbabwean. We must defend what’s right and not what’s wrong. “You hear some crying foul that the disciplinary committee has stamped on them. What were they doing when that happened?. Don’t tell us that you’re innocent when you were caught red-handed.”