Mnagagwa chairs Social Revolutionary Council
Former ZANU PF cabinet ministers and members of the Joint Operations Command of security agency chiefs are said to have joined forces in a shadowy group calling itself the Social Revolutionary Council designed to frustrate the aims of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai,according to well placed sources.
The group is led by Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa as Chairman, State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa as its Secretary, and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono as Treasurer and members are the commanders of the army and air force.
The Joint Operations Command, commonly referred to as the JOC coordinated the deadly wave of political violence that preceded the presidential runoff ballot on June 27. Mr. Tsvangirai withdrew from that runoff in protest of the violence against his supporters.
The Social Revolutionary Council is said to be behind the recent wave of invasions of white-owned commercial farms and the continued detention and harassment of officials and activists of Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change.
Confirming there remain divisions within the unity government, President Mugabe this week said farm takeovers should continue, adding that elections could be held in two years.
Government and political sources said the members of the group lobbied Mr. Mugabe not to swear deputy agriculture minister-designate Roy Bennett into office.
Sources in the MDC say Reserve Bank Governor Gono tried to influence Members of Parliament from the majority party by offering them luxury vehicles. They said Tsvangirai Thursday ordered MDC MPs not to accept such vehicles following an incident in which MPs booed Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe when she urged them to turn down Gono’s offer.
Posted by Philip Mangena
on April 11, 2009. Filed under Local News.
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