Zimbabwe Central Bank Chief Gono Roughed Up In Succession Brawl
Rifts within the ruling ZANU-PF party are widening ahead of the partys national conference early next month as insiders report Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono, widely perceived as a favorite of the president, has been pulled into the brawl.
| ...DEAR SIR I AM WAS RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR OF ZIMBABWE AND YOU MAY BE SURPRISE TO HEAR FROM ME... | Some cabinet members and ruling party members of parliament regard Gono as a potential presidential contender in 2008, and are agitating for him to resign. Various parliamentary committees have asked him to come and explain his policies against a backdrop of continued recession and inflation running at an annual 1,070%.
But ZANU-PF member for Makonde Leo Mugabe, chairman of the transport and communications committee, told VOAs Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that Gono has asked ZANU-PF chief whip Joram Gumbos parliamentary coordination committee to set up a joint session so he can brief members of several committees at the same time
Posted by: Fred 2006-11-16 |