ZANU PF to decide General Chiwenga's fate today?

ZANU PF to decide General Chiwenga's fate today.ZANU PF Politiburo is expected to discuss what should happen to the ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who has been holed up at a medical institution in China for the past months.A Central Committee insider fro who spoke to this publication on condition of anonymity said there were some Politiburo members who were pushing for the matter regarding the condition of the Vice President to be tabled on the agenda during the Extraordinary session being held on Thursday afternoon.

Said the source, "As you know very well that the Vice President is not in a good condition and is now surviving on liquids only in China, there has been a gap both and in the Presidency of the country.The doctors also have indicated that he will be spending some months in China under medical examination."It is the feeling of some members that the Extraordinary session of the Politiburo should take a decision to have the Vice President be redeployed to a much lesser role that allows the country to move forward and the party to be able to discharge its duties with a full functioning presidium.So among other issues, it is highly likely that the Politiburo will discuss the matter regarding the sick leave of Chiwenga.

"There has been reports that Minister Oppah Muchinguri, General Sibusiso Moyo are among those angling to replace the ailing General.Chamisa seeks Morgan Tsvangirai's help.MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, is seeking to be allowed to include the affidavit of his late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai in his Supreme Court appeal against a High Court order nullifying his ascendency to power following the death of opposition founder.Chamisa's ascendency to the MDC's presidency was declared unconstitutional together with that of his former deputy, Elias Mudzuri by High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore, whose determination the two men challenged in the Apex Court."This is an application for rectification of an appeal record in SC289/19 prepared by the Registrar of the High Court and certified by parties between June 18 and 25, 2019.Rectification is sought because the record has a patent omission.

The parties having failed to agree on the issue, the intervention of this court has become imperative," Chamisa's lawyer, Tafadzwa Chagonda said in his founding affidavit."The Registrar of the High Court shall rectify record SC289/19 in such a way that it shall include and contain the affidavit of Morgan Tsvangirai filed under case number HC7453/16 and all documents attached thereto."The decision by Justice Mushore followed an application by secretary for Gokwe Sesame District, Elias Mashavira, who petitioned the court seeking a declaration that Chamisa and Mudzuri had been unconstitutionally elected into the top office.

However, when the matter was taken to the Supreme Court on appeal, (where it is still pending), the parties were later invited to inspect the court record by the Registrar with a view to have.it set down for hearing and it was during this process that Chagonda allegedly made an oversight by certifying the court record which did not contain Tsvangirai's affidavit.In the pending application the MDC, Chamisa and his party's official, Morgen Komichi, said Chamisa's appointment to the higher office within the MDC had Tsvangirai's blessings and that the information can only be verified by the inclusion of the late's affidavit in the Supreme Court appeal."When I inspected the record, I had unfortunately not seen the omission.

I certified the record arising out of that omission and error for which I am solely responsible.I sincerely and profusely apologise for overlooking this issue and which is also the subject of one of the grounds of appeal," Chagonda said, adding that all his efforts to engage the other party to resolve the mistake had hit a snag."I regret my error in certifying a record which had this omission and can only profusely apologise for its incident.  It is my error and not that of any of the applicants (MDC, Chamisa and Morgan Komichi) involved."I pray that none of them be saddled with the consequences of my reasonable mistake," he said urging the court to rule in Chamisa's favour.  The matter is yet to be set down for hearing.