Zimbabwe
has moved on from former president Mr Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian
rule and the nonagenarian must know that he does not hold sway over the
majority of the people, war veterans and political analysts said
yesterday.
Observers said Mr Mugabe’s dreams were no longer relevant to Zimbabweans and he was overrating his political influence.
Further, they said his last-minute attempts to find relevance and blackmail Zanu-PF would not work. Mr Mugabe yesterday convened a press conference in Harare where he claimed he was ousted from power illegally last year.
He sought to gain mileage using foreign journalists in the country for today’s harmonised elections.
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans
Association secretary general Cde Victor Matemadanda said Mr Mugabe
would only get support from political turncoats like MDC-Alliance
presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa.
“Who in their normal senses would need to
be reminded of how the people of Zimbabwe in their multitudes cast out
Mugabe from power? This also included MDC people including Chamisa who
claims that today Zanu-PF dumped Mugabe, and because Mugabe was dumped
he is very free and wants to work with him,” he said.
“Every normal thinking Zimbabwean knows
that the agenda of the MDC from the onset was to remove Mugabe and they
failed on their own. We removed Mugabe and they came to support when we
said Mugabe must go. The MDC leadership, all of it, including the late
Dr Morgan Tsvangirai attended in support. Chamisa even wanted to give a
statement in support of the removal of Robert Mugabe but today less than
seven months from the day that we removed Mugabe he thinks that the
people of Zimbabwe have forgotten.”
Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs
Minister Advocate Martin Dinha said Mr Mugabe was still bitter with the
winds of change that swept across Zimbabwe last year, cleaning up his
mess.
“I was close to that system like many of
us in the new dispensation and we warned vociferously and publicly that
the G40 cabal will result in the fall of Mugabe,” he said.
“To deny that the new dispensation was
ushered in democratically and constitutionally and that Parliament
including those in bed today with Mugabe who include Chamisa and team
were part of the parliamentary impeachment process which led to the
last-minute resignation of former president Mugabe is naivety and
dishonesty of the first order.”
He said President Mnangagwa was elected constitutionally. “The former president misread the
national mood and the fact that G40 and him had become unpopular, both
in Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe,” Adv Dinha said.
“He still thinks his G40 outfit still
enjoys support enough to cause the defeat of Zanu-PF by aligning with
MDC Alliance and Chamisa. Zanu-PF and its leader will win this election
because they have the support. Mr Mugabe’s dictatorship has been
replaced by democracy.”
People’s Rainbow Coalition led by Dr Joice Mujuru weighed in saying the attack of its leader by Mr Mugabe was unacceptable.
“That Robert Mugabe is our past is clearly on the wall,” the party said in a statement.
“Obviously, his dreams are no longer
relevant to Zimbabweans. We hope he is not as usual being abused by a
ruthless cartel. We ask his family to concentrate on creating a Mugabe
foundation and stop influencing the old man to issue comments damaging
his legacy.”
The coalition said Mugabe and his wife Grace’s disdainful acts should never be allowed back into society again. Dr Mujuru was also on the receiving end of Mr Mugabe’s rants.Herald
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