ZANU PF is anxious about MDC Alliance presidential
candidate Nelson Chamisa challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election
victory, but will be patient to allow for the matter to be decided by the
courts, a senior official said yesterday.
Mnangagwa’s inauguration had been scheduled for today
before Chamisa’s filed a petition at the Constitutional Court on Friday
challenging his victory.
Engelbert Rugeje, the Zanu PF commissar, told The Standard
that his party would respect the outcome of the courts.
“We will abide by the provisions of the constitution and
there is nothing that we can do although there is a lot of anxiety because our
members and supporters were expecting that the inauguration was going to be
done [today],” he said.
“The issue is no longer in our hands because of the
petition. We have to wait until the legal processes take their course and a
decision is passed.”
Rugeje said Zanu PF would accept any outcome from the
Constitutional Court case. He dismissed reports that the ruling party was
angling for a unity government with the opposition.
“We will not accept a scenario where we are going into a
[government of national unity] when we already have a majority,” Rugeje said.
“We will not accept that kind of arrangement. We have the
majority and why should we go to bed with someone else?”
However, Rugeje evaded questions about the clampdown
against opposition leaders and supporters after the July 30 elections allegedly
being spearheaded by the military.
“We have urged our supporters to maintain the peace that
they maintained during the campaign period and they are abiding by that advice,
“he said.
Rugeje urged Zanu PF supporters to turn up in large numbers
at Heroes Day and Defence Forces Day celebrations between tomorrow and Tuesday,
saying reports that the festivities had been cancelled were false. Standard
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