Chiwenga to finish off Mnangagwa's Presidential term

Spotlight Zimbabwe reported.According to diplomatic sources and a Zimbabwean banker now based abroad, hardline securocrats in Chiwenga's camp, now want him to be the country's president, and that he steps in to finish off Mnangagwa's term between 2020-2023,

before handing over power to a successor of his choice, who will contest the next presidential plebiscite on a Zanu-PF ticket as a civilian leader, with the alleged blessing and orchestration of China.Chiwenga who is in Beijing seeking medical treatment for the past months, is believed to have made sound recovery, and thought to be plotting Mnangagwa's exit from Asia, together with his allies in the Joint Operations Command (JOC),

which he chairs.JOC is a shadowy quasi military organ, bringing together the nation's military-security complex which includes the army, and its military intelligence wing and Presidential Guard, Air Force, Police, Prisons and the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to manage homeland and foreign security affairs.Last week, Chiwenga, was reported to have fired some of his security aides, drawn from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO),

fearing that they were spying on him and giving his political rivals, including Mnangagwa, information and updates on his recovery, as the nitty-gritty plans to oust the Zanu-PF leader gather pace, it might seem.Image result for chiwenga china.Spotlight Zimbabwe, can reveal that Chiwenga's security is now a close guarded secret of the Chinese government and an elite unit from Zimbabwe's military intelligence.

Mnangagwa's tenure officially expires in about 3 years and 3 months time, as the next elections for the highest office in the land are due no later that July 2023."Another vicious coup is brewing in Zimbabwe, meant to transport your vice president to the presidency," said a South Korean diplomat who preferred anonymity because of the sensitive subject."The Chinese are behind it, although they'll will not confirm it. They played a hidden hand in the November 2017 coup, and were asked for explicit permission by the then Zimbabwe military boss, who is now VP to go ahead with removing Mugabe.

They trust him, and perhaps wanted him to get some grooming and experience of statecraft, by allowing him to play second fiddle to Mnangagwa.Now the situation has changed, and I gather they'll sponsor him to remove Mnangagwa, just like he did with Mugabe, because the current leader is putting their foreign policy in Zimbabwe at risk, from you know who?".The diplomat said there was more to Chiwenga's stay in China than meeets the eye."China has a lot to lose in Zimbabwe should there be political change or a transitional administration with the opposition, as is being mooted by Church leaders.That is a red flag.

Furthermore, China is not the only one who want Mnangagwa out.The Russians and Indians are warming up to the idea and want him out. There's more to your vice president's stay in China than meets the eye, and it is clearly now beyond medical.".In what many see as Mnangagwa's coup proofing scheme, replete with his political DNA, on Tuesady Churches called for the suspension of elections in Zimbabwe for seven years.Addressing journalists in the capital, the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) secretary general Rev Kenneth Mtata said was the belief of the church that all political players should join hands in fixing the national crisis."We, the leaders of the ZHOCD made up of Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe,