He said a new Cabinet will be constituted immediately after
the inauguration and praised Zimbabweans for maintaining peace before and
during elections. This, he said, shamed detractors who expected violent polls.
“No outsider will rule this country through puppets, as
Zimbabwe we say no. If the West want their puppets to rule they should first
take them to rule in their countries,” President Mnangagwa told Zanu PF
supporters at Mukwasi Primary School in Buhera.
“We will never forget our history, where we came from, our
people know who brought this democracy. We had our elections in peace, we voted
in peace and won in peace, there were some who wanted violence, let’s shame
them by maintaining peace.”
The President also put on notice agitators of violence,
saying Government will not hesitate to throw into jail elements that preach
hate and are, after losing elections, instigating violence.
In his first public engagement after sailing to victory in
the recently concluded harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa said the
country’s detractors wanted to see chaos unfolding in the country, but peaceful
Zimbabweans shamed them.
“We went through our electoral process peacefully,
transparently and a fair process was administered by ZEC, we would like to
thank ZEC. They stood steadfastly and resolutely guided by the laws they are
armed with.”
The President said with the nation having overwhelmingly
voted for Zanu PF, all is now set for the inauguration in accordance with the laws
of Zimbabwe.
He also said violent machinations of the country’s enemies
and their local lackeys will come to nought as the governing party is marching
ahead with its development agenda notwithstanding the usual noises from
opposition losing candidates.
“We are going forward with our development plans and
programmes, we will not stop because of noises from some little boys. They will
continue making that noise but we shall continue to move on,” President
Mnangagwa said.
“I warn anybody who wants to be nonsensical and bring chaos
in this country, we are ready to deal with any chaos. Anyone who preaches hate
speech shall be responsible for their hate speech, our prisons are not full. We
want peace, we want unity, we want development. Those who disagree with Zanu PF
do so quietly and peacefully, tinofamba tese zvakanaka, asi ukaita mhesvamukono
tinokuveza.”
Earlier during the day, President Mnangagwa had
commissioned the Sabi Star Lithium Floatation Plant.
He said Zimbabweans in their numbers voted for Zanu PF and
when the results were announced by ZEC, some losing candidates were claiming
victory despite lack of evidence to back their claims.
President Mnangagwa added that people overwhelmingly voted
for Zanu PF because the party has the people’s interests at heart and will
continue to initiate development that leaves no one and no place behind,
including in areas where people voted for the opposition.
Zanu PF, he said, has a record of delivering unlike
opposition parties that lack ideological
grounding and have nothing to offer the electorate but fake promises.
“During the elections we had observers from different
countries, they all said they had never witnessed such peaceful elections.
However, there were few individuals who had their pre-conceived ideas and now
they are desperate because what they thought would happen did not happen.
“They thought that there would be violence but we held
peaceful elections, we voted in peace. ZEC stood firm and resolute. There were
some who came and bribed our journalists and others but still Zanu PF won the
elections. If you stand for the people, the people will stand with you.”
President Mnangagwa said Government will continue to
develop the rural areas as the country seeks to attain its vision of becoming
an upper middle class economy by 2030.
“The next five years under Zanu PF Government, we want to
develop our rural areas. We want food security, as a country we have enough
food in our reserves,” he said.
Zimbabwe held its elections on August 23 and President
Mnangagwa invited observers from across the world with 169 observers being
accredited.
So far the Commonwealth observer mission, South Africa,
Nambia and Botswana have hailed the recently ended elections.
The President’s first term was characterised by development
projects encompassing the construction of roads, dams, modernisation and
industrialisation, and yesterday he said that remains his mission and noises
from losers will not stop the Zanu PF development march.
President Mnangagwa was accompanied by Vice President Dr
Constantino Chiwenga, Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister Oppah
Muchinguri-Kashiri, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister
Monica Mutsvangwa, Zanu PF Politburo members and incoming legislators mostly
from Manicaland province. Herald
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