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Tendai Biti's mental fitness questioned
03 Aug 2018 at 10:54hrs | Views
Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has denied allegations by MDC Alliance's Tendai Biti earlier this week that he plotted to assassinate him and Nelson Chamisa.
According to the privately-owned Daily News newspaper, Chiwenga questioned Biti's mental fitness.
"Why should we assassinate him, for what purpose? I think he needs you know, mental evaluation," Chiwenga is quoted as saying.
This comes after Biti told a news conference on Tuesday that Chiwenga had ordered a hit squad to assassinate him and Chamisa, whom he claimed had won Monday's presidential election.
"We have also received very confidential reports that ... Chiwenga has issued an order for the assassination of president Nelson Chamisa and myself; we don't accept that," Biti said.
Asked if he had proof to back his claim, Biti retorted: "We cannot disclose our sources but it is a fact. We have to protect our sources."
Biti said they were not afraid of "this threat from Chiwenga."
Reached for comment yesterday, Chiwenga questioned Biti's mental fitness.
"Why should we assassinate him, for what purpose? Who says that? In this country, in this day and age? I think he needs, you know, mental evaluation," Chiwenga told the Daily News in a telephone interview.
"He doesn't know what he is talking about. And why are you wasting your time asking me such a question from a deranged person? What is that? No we don't do that."
Chiwenga said Biti's claim that he was plotting to assassinate him was an attempt to provoke authorities to arrest him to give grit to his claim that the vote had been conducted in an "intimidating" atmosphere.
"What were they trying to do, to provoke us to arrest him in the middle of an election? We are not stupid," Chiwenga told the Daily News.
According to the privately-owned Daily News newspaper, Chiwenga questioned Biti's mental fitness.
"Why should we assassinate him, for what purpose? I think he needs you know, mental evaluation," Chiwenga is quoted as saying.
This comes after Biti told a news conference on Tuesday that Chiwenga had ordered a hit squad to assassinate him and Chamisa, whom he claimed had won Monday's presidential election.
"We have also received very confidential reports that ... Chiwenga has issued an order for the assassination of president Nelson Chamisa and myself; we don't accept that," Biti said.
Asked if he had proof to back his claim, Biti retorted: "We cannot disclose our sources but it is a fact. We have to protect our sources."
Biti said they were not afraid of "this threat from Chiwenga."
Reached for comment yesterday, Chiwenga questioned Biti's mental fitness.
"Why should we assassinate him, for what purpose? Who says that? In this country, in this day and age? I think he needs, you know, mental evaluation," Chiwenga told the Daily News in a telephone interview.
"He doesn't know what he is talking about. And why are you wasting your time asking me such a question from a deranged person? What is that? No we don't do that."
Chiwenga said Biti's claim that he was plotting to assassinate him was an attempt to provoke authorities to arrest him to give grit to his claim that the vote had been conducted in an "intimidating" atmosphere.
"What were they trying to do, to provoke us to arrest him in the middle of an election? We are not stupid," Chiwenga told the Daily News.
Source - dailynews
