http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2005/January/January6/7447.shtml
We have moles in ZANU PF: Tsvangirai Nelson Banya MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) president Morgan Tsvangirai this week stoked the fires surrounding the unfolding espionage saga by claiming that his party had infiltrated the ZANU PF government. Tsvangirai, whose party had suspended participating in all elections unless the government undertook broad electoral reforms, said the MDC had broken into ZANU PF’s election rigging machinery, courtesy of moles within the system. “We are watching every step the regime is taking in a poor attempt to steal your voice. That shall fail because we now know them well. We are deep inside. “We know their strategies and plans, thanks to an increasing number of patriotic Zimbabweans in their system. We have sufficient material and determination to draw a line in the sand and block yet another round of electoral fraud. In 2005, we are ready to hit the ground and stop the rot,” Tsvangirai said in his widely distributed weekly message. The ZANU PF government has, in recent weeks, been besieged by a sensational spy saga, which has so far sucked in prominent businessman and the party’s Mashonaland West province, Philip Chiyangwa, ambassador-designate to Mozambique, Godfrey Dzvairo, ZANU PF deputy security chief Kenneth Karidza, Zimbabwe’s intelligence attaché in Geneva, Erasmus Moyo and the party’s director for external affairs Itai Marchi. Former Metropolitan Bank company secretary Tendai Matambanadzo has also been implicated in the alleged spy ring, while several other senior ZANU PF officials, including two cabinet ministers, look set to be drawn into the imbroglio. Chiyangwa, Dzvairo, Marchi and Matambanadzo have already appeared in court to face charges of contravening Section 4 of the Official Secrets Act, while Karidza will make a court appearance tomorrow. Moyo, who had been recalled by the government from Geneva, did not return to Zimbabwe is now on the run. Party and government officials implicated in the case are alleged to have been passing on state secrets to foreign intelligence organisations, with the US’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Britain’s MI-5 being linked to the intriguing espionage drama. Harare has had a bitter diplomatic stand-off with Washington and Whitehall for the past five years, with President Robert Mugabe accusing the latter of seeking to overthrow his government. Britain and the US have led international efforts to isolate the ZANU PF government, accusing it of a serious democracy deficit and widespread human rights abuses. The two states led a chorus of disapproval following President Mugabe’s hotly contested re-election in the 2002 presidential election. Tsvangirai’s statements are likely to cause further discomfort within the ruling party, itself long accused of infiltrating opposition groups and ultimately destroying them from within. ZANU PF national chairman John Nkomo, a target of Jonathan Moyo’s vitriol a couple of months ago, has recently spoken about infiltrators that have destabilised the foundation of the party. “We were infiltrated by a few termites, which began their long journey of burrowing through our core values of liberation, discipline, unity, respect and loyalty,” Nkomo wrote in ZANU PF’s Voice newspaper. ZANU PF is in the middle of frantic efforts to break away from emergent young politicians who had broken into influential party positions, with the old guard of liberation war politicians reasserting themselves in the party. -- OpenPGP Key: 030E44E6 -- Was I helpful?: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=packetknife -- War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil. -- George Orwell ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. 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