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Mahere scorn Mugabe and his apologists
27 Mar 2018 at 12:00hrs | Views
HARARE lawyer and pro-democracy activist Fadzayi Mahere has scorned ousted President Robert Mugabe and his apologists' claims the long serving leader was unconstitutionally removed from office by the military.
According to NewZimbabwe.com, Mahere, who was speaking during a panel discussion at SAPES Trust this past week, said Mugabe should instead be introspecting about his own misdeeds that saw a military establishment he was once so cosy with turn around to give a fatal punch to his long political career.
Mugabe was in November last year ousted in a popular coup that saw citizens invade the streets to celebrate his fall.
The former President broke his silence a few weeks ago, describing his removal as unlawful.
Mugabe accused the military of taking sides in Zanu-PF factional wars which saw then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa reinstated and installed as President, few days after Mugabe had fired him on alleged treachery.
However, Mahere said Mugabe and his apologists had no moral authority to cry foul when they were quiet when their leader created a monster that turned around to devour him.
"The suggestion there seems to be that Mugabe is happy for the army to participate in electoral and political processes for as long as they like him but until the moment they fall out it's now a coup, it's now unconstitutional, its now problematic.
"You recall that in 2008 when (then South African President) Mbeki came and the people had spoken and voted in support of Morgan Tsvangirai and there was really a crisis Thabo Mbeki came in and said there is no crisis in Zimbabwe.
"So we are not going to have that same SADC come and say Mugabe is right whenever he violates people's rights when he jailed them and they are quite and they don't speak to the unconstitutionality of that. You can't choose which parts of the constitution you like."
According to NewZimbabwe.com, Mahere, who was speaking during a panel discussion at SAPES Trust this past week, said Mugabe should instead be introspecting about his own misdeeds that saw a military establishment he was once so cosy with turn around to give a fatal punch to his long political career.
Mugabe was in November last year ousted in a popular coup that saw citizens invade the streets to celebrate his fall.
The former President broke his silence a few weeks ago, describing his removal as unlawful.
However, Mahere said Mugabe and his apologists had no moral authority to cry foul when they were quiet when their leader created a monster that turned around to devour him.
"The suggestion there seems to be that Mugabe is happy for the army to participate in electoral and political processes for as long as they like him but until the moment they fall out it's now a coup, it's now unconstitutional, its now problematic.
"You recall that in 2008 when (then South African President) Mbeki came and the people had spoken and voted in support of Morgan Tsvangirai and there was really a crisis Thabo Mbeki came in and said there is no crisis in Zimbabwe.
"So we are not going to have that same SADC come and say Mugabe is right whenever he violates people's rights when he jailed them and they are quite and they don't speak to the unconstitutionality of that. You can't choose which parts of the constitution you like."
Source - newzimbabe
