No Crisis In Zanu PF, Claims Marapira – Eduzim News

Tinashe Sambiri– ZANU-PF has dismissed claims of internal divisions over leadership succession, with the party’s Director of Information, Farai Marapira, insisting in a recent interview that the ruling party remains stable and firmly in control.

Speaking last week during an interview with SABC, Marapira rejected suggestions that ZANU-PF is facing a succession crisis, arguing that such claims are based on misunderstanding or wishful thinking by critics.

“If anyone honestly believes we have a succession problem in ZANU-PF, then they don’t know what we are about,” he said.

“We are ZANU-PF, we are a revolutionary party. We are a party born of war, blood, and sacrifice.
“We are not affected by these false headlines. These are challenges in the heads of people who wish for our demise.”

Marapira maintained that when the time comes for leadership transition, the process will be seamless.

“We as ZANU-PF, when the time for succession comes, we’ll do it so smoothly, you are going to be surprised,” he said.

“If we are both alive, I would love you to call me again on this interview, and you will see how smooth it will have gone.”

His remarks come amid ongoing political developments involving the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which has been weakened following internal disputes linked to Sengezo Tshabangu.

Tshabangu controversially assumed control of the party from Nelson Chamisa through contested legal processes, before initiating recalls of CCC Members of Parliament — a move that ultimately handed ZANU-PF a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
On the issue of the constitutional recall clause, Marapira said ZANU-PF has no intention of supporting calls for its removal, arguing that it ensures accountability.

“One of the major complaints of the opposition is the recall clause because they have been complaining about how recalls should be struck out of the constitution,” he said.

“But we have said that this is actually a binding of the people’s will because when people go for elections, they go as members of political parties representing party manifestos and party ideologies.

“So when they assume these positions, they have a modicum and a true sense of accountability to that party through whose manifesto they’ve gone in.

“So it is not our fault that the opposition is not able to structure itself in such a way that they can respect their own ethos and their own values.

“So we have not accepted as ZANU-PF that we include this recall clause. These are not issues they are talking about,” said Marapira

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