The government has distanced itself from a statement
purported to have been made by Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister
Cde Terrence Mukupe that the army will not let MDC-T party president Nelson
Chamisa rule if he wins the elections.
In a statement to the ZBC News, Acting Minister of
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo said
the statement attributed to Cde Mukupe, if true, do not represent the official
position of the government and the Zanu PF party.
“In the wake of media reports (“Army won’t let Chamisa
rule: Minister”) ascribed to Deputy Minister Terrence Mukupe who is also a Zanu
PF candidate in the forthcoming harmonised elections, both the ruling Zanu PF
party and its government wish to make it very clear that the said sentiments
attributed to the Deputy Minister, if true, are both reckless and most
unfortunate, as they do not represent the official position and attitude of the
party, government and the Defence establishment.
“Apart from being unconstitutional and therefore against
the laws of the land, the reported claims amount to direct contempt of His
Excellency the President, Cde E.D Mnangagwa, who is the sole Commander-in-Chief
of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces,” said Ambassador Khaya Moyo.
Ambassador Moyo said it is unlawful and improper for party
members to make pronouncements that undermine the supreme law of the land and
the authority of the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
Ambassador Khaya Moyo added that such pronouncements amount
to a frontal challenge to the tenets and practices of democracy as understood
and practiced world-wide.
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