Former President, Robert Mugabe has revealed that his wife, Grace is crying daily as the illegal Mnangagwa administration is persecuting he...
Former President, Robert Mugabe has revealed that his wife,
Grace is crying daily as the illegal Mnangagwa administration is persecuting her.
Mugabe said this as he met African Union Commission (AU)
chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at his “Blue Roof” mansion in Harare’s
Borrowdale suburb.
“For instance, they told you, I was safe, but how can I be
in this environment? My wife is crying daily. They are persecuting her; that is
obviously directed at me. What am I without my wife and family? We are not
safe,” Mugabe said. “We have constitutional benefits, for example, but these
are being denied.”
Mugabe is quoted by the Zimbabwe Independent saying that he did
not resign willingly. “I was pressured by the army to resign; I did so in order
to avoid conflict and bloodshed in my country. I was worried because it had
been brought to my attention that people had been intimidated, illegally
seized, attacked, homes had been raided at gunpoint and destroyed, and weapons
confiscated from other state security agencies,” Mugabe said.
“The army had been unconstitutionally deployed without
permission of the commander-in-chief and soldiers continue to be used in this
operation. So from a constitutional point of view, he (Mnangagwa) is there
unconstitutionally.
“Mnangagwa is in power illegally, yet some of his officials
dare call me a dictator. What dictator?
“Maybe a dictator for dictating that we must take over our
land and give it to the people; maybe a dictator for demanding that our people
must be empowered. If that’s why they call me a dictator, I have no problem
with that.
“The one sitting next to you (Mpofu) used to be my
minister, but now I hear he had the temerity to call me a dictator.” Turning to
Mpofu, Mugabe then said: “Am I a dictator, sir?”
Notes say Mpofu fiddled uncomfortably and the delegation
burst into laughter to ease the tension.
“No, I didn’t say that,” Mpofu replied. “It was the media
which lied that I called you a dictator.”
Mugabe then continued: “Anyway that’s the situation on the
ground in Zimbabwe.”
He the added a new dimension: “Now you want to know whether
elections will be free and fair. Of course, I don’t think so. How can they be
free and fair when the military is running everything?”
Mugabe said the situation was worrying, adding his security
was not guaranteed.
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