This
comes
after
police
in
Zimbabwe
said
they
have
two
outstanding
warrants
of
arrest
for
the
South
Africa-based
presidential
candidate
and
will
arrest
him
if
he
comes
home.
Speaking
at
Zanu
PF’s
star
rally
held
at
Nyele
Primary
School
in
Bulilima
District,
South
on
Saturday,
Dr
Obert
Mpofu,
the
ruling
party’s
secretary
for
administration,
said
there
was
no
legitimate
opposition
in
Zimbabwe
that
could
stand
up
to
the
ruling
party.
“Because
we
have
leadership
that
is
wise
and
has
direction,
there
is
no
need
for
opposition
in
Zimbabwe
but
these
leaders
fought
for
this
country
and
shed
blood.
What
we
call
opposition
now,
we
would
describe
as
sellouts
during
that
time
and
some
in
the
opposition
are
still
selling
out,”
he
said.
Dr
Mpofu
then
addressed
Kasukuwere’s
presidential
campaign,
claiming
the
former
Zanu
PF
commissar
was
a
criminal
who
fled
the
country
after
committing
crimes.
He
added
that
Kasukuwere
was
mistaken
in
believing
he
could
form
a
political
party
in
another
country
to
lead
Zimbabweans
from
there.
“A
person
leaves
the
country,
running
away
from
their
crimes
in
Zimbabwe
then
goes
to
South
Africa
and
forms
a
political
party.
Someone
who
is
a
criminal,
forms
a
political
party
in
South
Africa
with
the
intention
of
wanting
to
rule
Zimbabwe
we
won’t
accept
that
but
Mnangangwa
has
empathy
and
allows
everyone
who
feels
they
want
to
contest
in
elections,
no
matter
how
misguided,
to
open
their
political
party
here
and
confuse
people,”
said
Dr
Mpofu.
Meanwhile,
Kasukuwere
has
filed
an
application
seeking
the
cancellation
of
his
warrant
of
arrest
to
allow
him
to
contest
in
the
August
23
presidential
race.
The
warrant
of
arrest
was
issued
on
January
17,
2019.
The
National
Prosecuting
Authority
(NPA)
then
sought
Kasukuwere’s
extradition
from
South
Africa
in
early
2020,
but
Interpol
said
the
case
was
political.
Former
Harare
magistrate
Hosea
Mujaya
issued
the
warrant
after
the
former
Cabinet
minister
in
the
late,
former
President
Robert
Mugabe’s
administration
failed
to
appear
for
trial
on
four
counts
of
criminal
abuse
of
power.
Analysts
have
said Kasukuwere
is
likely
to
erode
Mnangagwa’s
support
base
and
swing
the
election
in
favour
of
main
opposition
Citizens
Coalition
for
Change
(CCC)
leader
Nelson
Chamisa,
either
for
him
to
win
or
cause
a
run-off.
Kasukuwere
is
following
a
familiar
path
taken
by
some
former
Zanu
PF
members
to
ditch
the
party
and
challenge
for
the
presidency.
In
2008,
Simba
Makoni
a
key
Zanu
PF
figure
left
the
party
to
run
for
president
against
Mugabe,
garnering
8.3%
of
the
vote.