It is disgraceful, says Uebert Angel on Chiwenga attacks amid ZANU PF factional war

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Ambassador-at-Large, Uebert Angel, has condemned a faction within ZANU PF over its attacks on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, describing the criticism as an “intellectual bankruptcy”.

Chiwenga has come under sustained attack from a faction backing Mnangagwa’s continued presidency, which views the Vice President as a challenger to the extension of the President’s tenure under Constitutional Amendment Act Number 3.

The attacks intensified after Chiwenga made his opposition to the extension more apparent at last month’s ZANU PF conference in Chinhoyi, where he criticised the party for abandoning the change promised when former President Robert Mugabe was removed from power in 2017.

Angel delivered his remarks during a church service on Sunday, where he addressed the political tensions in a message framed as a “prophetic voice”.

“There are many things happening in this nation that you should not join yourself to or give attention to. The vitriolic attacks against Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is a disgraceful display of political impropriety and a display of intellectual bankruptcy. Attacking a leader because you hate him does not give you power,” Angel said.

Chiwenga opposed the proposed extension of Mnangagwa’s tenure when it was presented to ZANU PF’s Politburo earlier this year. The constitutional changes were passed in June.

Angel urged people not to align themselves with political factions, saying Chiwenga should be allowed to carry out his duties as Vice-President.

“Let the Vice President do what he is doing in leading the country in supporting the leader, the President, to lead the country. Let him do what he needs to do. I don’t do factions; I am in one faction and that is Jesus Christ.

“Musatuke aripo nekuda kweasati auya because the one who is not there haizivi achauya here,” Angel said.

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