Former State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu PF supporters to defend the party against the opposition’s inroads.
Ncube, who is the Zanu PF Gokwe-Kana Member of Parliament, made the statement while addressing ruling party supporters at a Gweru inter-district meeting in the Midlands capital on Tuesday.
“Our President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) has won the 2023 presidential election. It is only Zanu PF which must rule this country not the opposition because liberation fighters sacrificed for this country,” Ncube declared.
He then turned his anger on the divisions in Zanu PF particularly in the Midlands province saying: “The enemy is not in our (Zanu PF) party. The enemy is the CCC led by Nelson Chamisa.
“So do not waste your time fighting in Zanu PF. Midlands should be united under the chairmanship of Larry Mavima. As we approach the 2023 elections, the enemies of the revolution are growing in number and, therefore, as youths you should be defending the revolutionary party and Mnangagwa.”
CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba said Ncube’s statement exposed Zanu PF’s fear of electoral defeat in the 2023 elections.
“For the former minister Mudha to say this, it shows the level at which the country is in dire need of leadership,” Siziba said.
“The words are a clear sign that the centre is failing to hold. It is a clear sign that Zanu PF is focusing on power retention instead of addressing the welfare of our people. Zanu PF is failing to address the plight of teachers and other public workers, students are failing to access education because of its failed policies.”
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