Brig-Gen (Rtd) Ambrose Mutinhiri says former president, Robert Mugabe gave him the green light to form the National Patriotic Front.. ...
Brig-Gen (Rtd) Ambrose Mutinhiri says former president, Robert Mugabe gave him the green light to form the National Patriotic Front.."I formed this party after I met former president Mugabe. Soon after the military intervention, I told him that I did not agree with how the soldiers had used the gun to take power. He also told me that he did not agree with it. He said to me you are the right person who should lead the party. He said you are the first person whom I have seen to have the right credentials. You have the right credentials to challenge these men who took power because they know you.
“He said to me, you were their commander and they will listen to you if you speak, even the whole country knows you. Uri munhu akatswakatuka semu Zimbabwean, asina corruption, enda unoita basa. This is what he said to me and soon after, I formed this party,” he said.
Brig-Gen (Rtd) Mutinhiri said NPF will not join the MDC Alliance, and laughed off his purported dismissal from the party.
“As your president, my position is that I am not joining the MDC Alliance. Some who were part of us jumped the gun and proceeded to announce that they had joined the Alliance. I did not agree with that and it did not come from the people. If they want to join the Alliance, they should do so on their own accord and not on behalf of the party,” he said.
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