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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Readies for Grace Takeover, Oks Extra-Ordinary Congress
2017-10-16
[All Africa] President Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
has agreed to turn the Zanu PF annual conference set for December into an extra-ordinary congress setting the stage for what could be the final nail into Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's coffin and the elevation of his wife Grace into the ruling party presidium.

Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere reportedly introduced the issue of an extra ordinary congress while presenting his report to the party's politburo on Wednesday but it turned out the G40 kingpin had only consulted three provinces.

"Mugabe said it would be un-procedural and ordered the commissariat to make sure all provinces are consulted. There will be provincial coordinating committee meetings to consider the issue beginning this weekend.

"The extra-ordinary congress is set to consider changes to the constitution to bring back the provision for a woman deputy president or introduce a third vice president," an insider privy to the issue said.

"The issue of the president is fait accompli but the internal succession wrangling and he (Mugabe)'s age have forced the leadership to consider several options. Remember Grace wants power and has been demanding that she be made vice president in Mnangagwa's steady".

Posted by:Fred

#4  Depends. Did he always help with the chores?
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-16 11:50  

#3  ...What's the over/under on Bob surviving more than about thirty days after he names Gracie as his successor?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2017-10-16 04:46  

#2  Dictators can't retire.
Posted by: gorb   2017-10-16 02:41  

#1  Colonial expulsion, the downside.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-16 02:19  

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