FOREIGN NEWS www.thestandard.co.zw 2 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Standard</strong> September 28 to October 4 2014 News ‘Moyo deceiving people’ One of India’s most colourful and controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been sentenced to jail for four years on corruption charges in a case that has lasted for 18 years. <strong>The</strong> chief minister of the southern state of Tamil nadu was found guilty of amassing wealth of more than US$10m which was unaccounted for. —BBC LIberIa’S chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly ebola virus. bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister, said she had no symptoms but wanted to take every precaution. <strong>The</strong> World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 3 000 people have died from ebola in West africa. 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Gumbo said he was the only competent person to articulate the party position regarding the vacant Manicaland senatorial seat which had been earmarked for former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono. <strong>The</strong> Zanu PF politburo is this week expected to decide what course of action to take after the Justice Rita Makarau-led Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) turned down Gono’s nomination to fill the vacant senatorial seat citing non-compliance with the Electoral Act. Gono last week claimed that his recent disqualification by ZEC to stand as Manicaland senator was engineered by his political detractors as part of the ongoing faction fights rocking the ruling Zanu PF party. He said his detractors threw spanners along his way after he had followed all the necessary procedures. In response, Moyo wrote a stinging statement saying Gono was desperate to become a senator and was pointing at factionalism in the party when the legal position was clear that he did not qualify. “This explains why he has become so emotional and reckless about his comments to the point of displaying his ignorance of the law in public,” Moyo said. “It is preposterous and objectionable in the extreme for Dr Gono to claim that he is “remaining out of all factions except that of and led by the President. President Mugabe does not have and does not lead a faction. <strong>The</strong> President leads Zanu-PF, the Government and the nation of Zimbabwe.” But Gumbo said he was the sole spokesperson for Zanu PF. “<strong>The</strong> only spokesman of the party is myself. I haven’t said anything about Gono and the politburo will sit to decide the way forward. Media should not read much into the minister’s statement,” Gumbo said. “<strong>The</strong> politburo will be seized with the matter at its next meeting and map the way forward and that is the position as of now.” Asked if Moyo and others as well as the party’s legal department headed by Justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa had offered any dissenting views during the politburo meeting that decided Gono was to be the party’s nominee, Gumbo refused to comment. “We don’t discuss matters or deliberations of the politburo with the media and for that reason, I will not speak on what happened behind closed doors,” he said. Mnangagwa, who is linked to a faction that is competing against another one reportedly loyal to vice-president Joice Mujuru in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe, is the secretary for legal affairs. It could not be established if Mnangagwa’s department had noted the technical flaws of the nomination before they were spelt out by Makarau. Mnangagwa’s deputy in Zanu PF is another legal guru and former Attorney-General, Patrick Chinamasa. Zim economy on the mend: Moyo bY obeY MAnAYiTi INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo on Friday shocked members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) attending a meeting in Nyanga when he said it was a myth that the country was facing serious economic problems. Moyo said contrary to belief, the economic situation in the country has remarkably improved since the dissolution of the inclusive government last year. ICSA Zimbabwe president Richard Summers had noted that the country was facing serious economic challenges. Over the past months the country has been grappling with a serious liquidity crunch while thousands of workers have lost their jobs as several companies either closed shop or downsized as the economy continued on a free fall. However, in his keynote address in Nyanga at an ICSA meeting, Moyo said it was not true that Zimbabwe is in serious economic trouble. He said what was only needed was harnessing the intellectual capacity of Zimbabweans and turn it into positive thinking that can turn around the economy. “Let’s tell each other ruthless truths, brutal truths,” he said. “Mr Summers announcing that we are in dire strains and me saying we are not,” Moyo said. “We have shared responsibilities that we have not exercised or dealt with by working together. One of the things that we have not been doing as a country in the past is engaging each other through meaningful dialogue about real things and coming up with a shared solution.” He said people have to understand that Zimbabwe was deeply polarised. “Divided not just in political terms but basically in terms of how we see ourselves in relation to each other as Zimbabweans and accept that sharing one destiny is not just a political matter but a pre-requisite,” Moyo said. He said Zimbabwe had been misunderstood as a country in dire constraints and as such, it had been viewed as unstable and Gideon Gono While Gumbo could not give a specific date, it is widely expected that the politburo could meet as early as Wednesday this week. Gono yesterday said he had no comment to make about the issue. Zanu PF secretary of administration Didymus Mutasa was also not immediately available for comment. But he was recently quoted saying the ruling party would push for the amending of the law to accommodate Gono since the politburo had made its decision. Gono is believed to be in Mujuru’s faction, along with Mutasa and Gumbo. He however denied it, insisting he belonged to Mugabe’s faction. On the other hand, Moyo is seen as the brains in the Mnangagwa camp. Political analyst Ibbo Mandaza said Moyo’s statement could be read along factional lines because a legal position had been pronounced by Makarau. that had also affected some international investors. Moyo challenged the country to transform its intellectual excellence by producing tangible results. “I believe what is not clear is the extent to which as a country we are able to deploy our technical and professional skills. Zimbabweans have the highest literacy rate in Africa but there has been nothing to show for it if you look at our practices,” he said. Moyo however lashed out at news Zimbabwe Broadcasting “Moyo is capitalising on Makarau’s statement and trying to use it to score political points on an issue which is clearly legal and this is where factionalism comes into context,” Mandaza said. Mugabe returned home yesterday from New York where he was attending the 69th session of the UN General Assembly and made an impassioned plea for discipline among the Zanu PF bigwigs. He said party officials were divided and openly clashing ahead of the party’s elective congress set for December. Mugabe told hundreds of Zanu PF supporters at Harare International Airport on arrival from New York that party leaders should end their fights as the congress beckons. He warned that Zanu PF leaders who were putting the party’s name into disrepute would be disciplined. An abandoned factory in Harare’s Workington industrial area... Moyo says the economy is improving. Corporation (ZBC) anchors, saying there was nothing to prove that they passed even Ordinary Level from the way they conducted their work. He said there was clear evidence that Zimbabwe is building a new economy as evidenced by recent deals signed between the country and China and Russia. Moyo said there has been serious hardwork by the Zanu PF government since it took over from the inclusive government and election promises would be fulfilled in due course.
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