A Manicaland Zanu PF Central Committee member who was recently suspended for allegedly opposing constitutional amendments that seek to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term of office is set to appear before a disciplinary hearing.
Newly appointed Zanu PF Manicaland vice chairman, Innocent Benza, confirmed this during the party's Provincial Coordination Committee (PCC) meeting held at Mutare Polytechnic yesterday.
During the meeting, Benza, who also serves as Zanu PF's Mutasa Central MP, provided an update on the suspension of Nyanga central committee member Moses Gutu.
Gutu was also accused of making derogatory remarks about Mnangagwa.
Gutu's suspension followed a recommendation by the Manicaland Provincial Executive Council (PEC), which cited violations of Article 27 of the party constitution.
He was also accused of mobilising lower party structures against the constitutional amendments that seek to extend Mnangagwa’s tenure.
"There is a case we are working on concerning comrade Gutu in Nyanga district. The district submitted a report alleging that comrade Gutu denigrated our President," Benza said.
"We are going to sit down with him (Gutu) and those who brought the report, so that we have both sides of the story, and we will then deliver our ruling.”
Meanwhile, Zanu PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Tawanda Mukodza said the party had engaged the national secretary for legal affairs, who advised that their report must include representations from both parties involved.
"We engaged the national secretary for legal affairs regarding the Moses Gutu matter, and he indicated that our report should reflect both sides of the story," Mukodza added.
