Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said First Grace Mugabe is totally powerless when it comes to executive powers. This comes as youths supporting the First Wife, publicly spoke against Mnangagwa supporters.
According to Norton MP, Temba Mliswa who is also his nephew, Mnangagwa said Grace has no allotment in the constitution of Zimbabwe.
Said Mliswa, “the First Lady cannot interfere with executive decisions, and where does she get the powers to stop an investigation of Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo? And with all due respect the Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was very clear to say that the First Lady has no executive powers.
“Posh cars worth $5,4 million have been bought and we need to be sensitive to the plight of Zimbabweans because you cannot buy expensive cars when there is no foreign currency.”
Mliswa’s comments profiled in the local Newsday, come as he also lambasted President Robert Mugabe for allegedly failing to put his wife into line.
During a press conference in Harare earlier in the month, Mliswa urged the President to zero in on Grace who he said had become the leader of the country by virtue of her public utterances in government activities, yet she is not part of the Executive.
“President Mugabe must arrest his ministers so that the First family is exonerated from being the ones involved in corruption.
“He must stop protecting people like Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo through writing letters that they should not be arrested.
“The President must zero in on the First Lady Grace Mugabe who must not be involved in Executive issues. Executive issues are issues of the Executive and not the First Lady,” says Mliswa.
