Opposition presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa waited
until after former president Robert Mugabe had finished his press
conference at his luxurious home in northern Harare on Sunday before
addressing the media
.
When asked how he felt about Mugabe’s declaration that he would
vote for Chamisa, the MDC Alliance leader said: "I will accept any voter
with a clear mind and a clean heart.
"I need every support. But this election is not about the past. it’s about the future”
Partisan state media
has published reports claiming that Chamisa has entered into a
deal with former first lady Grace Mugabe and that she has invested money
in his campaign. "I will meet any citizen…but there is no room for
Grace Mugabe….I say to her…leave me alone. Deal with your own man,"
Chamisa said.
Chamisa said fake news was being “put out” by foreigners
working in a Harare suburb and from a small town about 20 km east of
the capital: “These foreigners are actually fake news mercenaries. Their
duty is to concoct, manufacture, engineer and produce fictitious and
fallacious videos, news stories and then send them out to you, send them
out to the world to confuse the voters.
“We have the names of those people and at the appropriate time we will release them.”
He said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s final election rally at
the 60 000 National Sports Centre in Harare last Saturday was attended
by people who had been bussed from the rural areas by hired "buses and
lorries...When you can’t manage to fill up the stadium step aside.”
He said after he was sworn in as president, he would investigate
all deals signed by the Zanu PF government, particularly those which did
not pass through parliament.
“We are not open to looting. Any skullduggery will not be accepted”
He once again predicted that his “victory was certain. Any
outcome of the election with ED (Mnangagwa) as the victor is not an
election. We know what people want, and we will confirm the will of the
people.” IOL
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