President Mnangagwa is not attending Dr Dumiso Dabengwa’s burial today because he wants to respects his family’s request for privacy. ...
President Mnangagwa is not attending Dr Dumiso Dabengwa’s
burial today because he wants to respects his family’s request for privacy.
“If a national hero’s family accepts the designation of
national hero but opts for private burial, immediately the State President
cannot participate directly except through delegated authority. The moment the
President gets to that, it means we take over and that breaches the privacy and
control of the family. So he will be represented at an appropriate level,” said
Presidential spokesman, George Charamba.
“In short the President doesn’t go. This is for the purpose
of upholding the privacy and control preferred by the bereaved family but more
critically to also protect the National Heroes’ Acre because the moment we
allow people to have a bite of the cherry then we are undermining the national
shrine.”
Dabengwa will be laid to rest in Ntabazinduna.
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