Source: Mliswa Says VP Chiwenga Must Resign Over Viral King Hezekiah Sermon ⋆ Pindula News
Former ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa has called on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to resign, accusing him of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Posting on X, Mliswa launched a scathing attack on Chiwenga, alleging that the Vice President was pandering to social media narratives and opposition sentiment by engaging in what he described as “content creation”.
His remarks followed the circulation of a viral video showing Chiwenga addressing congregants at a Roman Catholic Church gathering in Murewa over the weekend, where he reflected on biblical themes during an address.
In the footage, Chiwenga turned to the Book of Isaiah and the biblical account of King Hezekiah. In his narration, he recounted how the prophet Isaiah warned Hezekiah to “put his house in order” as his time had come, and how the king initially resisted the message.
He said God later granted Hezekiah an additional 15 years of life, a reprieve he suggested ultimately proved fraught with consequences.
Critics have since argued that Chiwenga’s choice of scripture carried pointed political undertones, coming at a sensitive moment amid Mnangagwa’s reported push to reshape the Constitution and extend his hold on power.
Wrote Mliswa: “This is as brazen an attack on the President as one can ever give and coming from his own Deputy its shocking. For one so close to the President to resort to this is diplomatically gross and strategically poor.
“The VP is now seriously endangering his standing by pandering to the whims of social media and the opposition by indulging in content creation.
“The subject matter, which he poorly dresses in Biblical frocks instead of explicitly stating his opposition to CAB3, as any serious politician would do, shows his level of frustration.
“Politically, the man has been outmanoeuvred, and if he is sincere that he opposes what ZANU PF has come to represent, then he should resign like any self-respecting leader.
“What he is contesting is a party decision, and he can’t continue within an entity whose thinking and direction he doesn’t accept!
“Resigning, not metaphors, is the only redemptive path for him.
“He should resign and then canvass for the support of the opposition, which he is clearly pandering to, against his own party.
“CAB3 is not the product of any single individual but is a ZANU PF project, a party to which he belongs.
“He cannot reduce it to any single Hezekiah when he has been part of the Cabinet that approved it.”
Mliswa claimed that Chiwenga had become ZANU-PF’s principal internal opposition figure, allegedly fuelling tension and instability through what he described as veiled attacks.
“He failed to block the resolution from the Conference, Politburo, Central Committee, Cabinet, Public Hearings, and we are now reaching the Parliament stage,” argued Mliswa
“For the ruling party, he has become the main opposition, providing fodder for continued tension and instability through such veiled attacks.
“The biggest takeaway from all this is that he lacks the necessary political muscle and internal support for anything of significance.
“That’s a hard truth which the doomsday prophets should quickly recognise and stop putting pressure on him to become some action hero.
“Party members have accepted the party’s decisions and moved on. Only social media and the motley crowd of illusionists hanging in shadows amount to the ‘army’ that is beckoning him into what will surely amount to self-immolation.
“Fuelled by this ‘virtual army’, he has instigated multiple political infractions, goading President Mnangagwa, who has himself remained dignified and quiet. ED’s patience and Long-Game tactics are clearly unsettling him.
“It’s just that the political standards for the opposition, which has embraced him on social media, are very low, such that they can’t recognise the absurdity of the VP remaining part of the machinery which they deride and yet embrace him as a shining light.
“For the ruling party, he is becoming a liability publicly questioning party resolutions and feeding the public mentality with treasonous thoughts.”
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