Former President, Robert Mugabe agonised but did not vote for Nelson Chamisa in the last elections. This was said by Director-General ...
Former President, Robert Mugabe agonised but did not vote
for Nelson Chamisa in the last elections.
This was said by Director-General in the President’s Office
Mr Isaac Moyo who is the point man in
liaisons between the State and the former First Family.
He told The Sunday Mail in an interview : “Of course here
and there, there were also moments we had our tensions. I remember when I first
went to see him after his press conference, where he announced he was going to
vote for Chamisa. We really had an exchange that day, but what then emerged was
that he said despite having threatened to vote for Chamisa, he actually did not
vote for Chamisa and I was told on how on the eve of the elections, he had
agonised, he could not sleep. According to the former First Lady, he had woken
up around 2am somewhere and he said he could not sleep and the idea that he
would go and vote for Chamisa was rebuffed, he could not do that.
“And the former First Lady said she then encouraged him to
follow his real wishes and to vote for comrades he has always been with and not
to worry about the small matters between them, and so the former First Lady,
with the concurrence of Cde Mugabe himself, said he had not voted for MDC, but
he had voted correctly, I found that fun and I enjoyed the story.”
Moyo spoke about how Grace Mugabe informed him of the death
of the former president. “When I woke up at around 4am on day morning, I saw a
missed WhatsApp call from the former First Lady and I immediately sensed that
something was wrong. Ever since we had communicated, she had not called around
that time.
“Upon returning the call, she conveyed the sad news that
the former President had passed on. She broke down and it was painful hearing
her voice from the other side of the phone,” he said.
Moyo said soon after speaking to the former First Lady, he
conveyed the message to President Mnangagwa, who informed him that he would
call Amai Mugabe to convey his condolences.
“At that point, I needed to advise the President and I
called him just after 4am. Fortunately, the President is the type of person who
picks up his phone, unlike others whom when you call at night you will be lucky
to get answered. He picked up his phone from Cape Town and I broke the news to
him. After that, the President then also called Mai Mugabe to say that he had
heard the news and to convey his condolences.”
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