THE ruling Zanu PF party leadership in Manicaland province has recommended the suspension of Nyanga central committee member Moses Gutu on allegations of indiscipline, among other charges.
The decision was adopted during a provincial executive committee meeting held at Mutare Teachers’ College yesterday.
Provincial commissar Albert Nyakuedzwa confirmed the recommendation and was expected to forward the recommendation to the national commissariat for further action.
It is understood that Gutu has been touring the province, publicly criticising and denouncing Constitution Amendment No. 3 Bill (CAB 3) in contrary to the party’s position.
Gutu’s videos denouncing CAB 3 have since gone viral on social media, prompting the provincial executive council recommending suspension pending a disciplinary hearing.
This is not the first time Gutu has faced party censure, having been disciplined between 2015 and 2016.
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Zanu PF Manicaland chairman Tawanda Mukodza confirmed the development to NewsDay yesterday.
“It is true that we recommended the suspension of central committee member Moses Gutu,” he said.
Zanu PF opponents of CAB 3 — including Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and retired military commanders have strongly resisted the legislation, which proposes extending presidential and parliamentary terms and bypassing direct presidential elections.
Dissenting factions view the Bill as a manoeuvre to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure past his two-term limit, thereby altering succession plans. Critics argue that extending leadership terms and removing the direct public election of the President allowing legislators to elect the Head of State instead — violates the democratic will of the people.
Opponents and legal experts maintain that any changes to presidential term limits cannot lawfully benefit the incumbent or bypass the electorate without a formal national referendum, as required by the Constitution.
Dissenters have reportedly held covert meetings and whisper campaigns to derail the Bill, prompting warnings of political retribution and purging from Mnangagwa loyalists.
Despite this internal resistance and pushback from the political opposition, the Bill passed through both parliamentary Houses and currently awaits the President’s assent to become law.