WAR veterans chairman Jabulani Sibanda says the succession debate has unnecessarily divided Zanu PF when the party's constitution is clear on how a leader is chosen. Sibanda told journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club that setting up a succession committee headed by Vice-President John Nkomo further deepened the cracks as different factions battled it out for control of the party.
He labelled people pushing what he described as "the divisive" succession debate as "sell-outs and criminals" and power-hungry people.
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