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Tanzania tells Mugabe to behave like an elder statesman
04 Jun 2012 at 08:46hrs | Views
Sources who attended the Sadc summit disclosed the meeting was full of the proverbial fireworks.
They said Tanzanian Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, told President Mugabe to behave like an elder statesman and stop calling for elections this year, warning this would only take Zimbabwe back to the "dark days of 2008".
Pinda did not understand Mugabe's impatience on holding elections and told him to do it "for the people", not just himself. Pinda was however continuously interjected by Zambian president, Michael Sata, the only leader to support an election this year.
"Sata kept saying 'Pamberi ne Zanu-PF', interjecting anyone who dared criticise Mugabe," the source said, adding that at times, the Zanu-PF contingent of Emmerson Mnangagwa, Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche, seemed embarrassed by the chants.
Sata said Mugabe had no business discussing issues with "these boys who were not there in 1963 (at the formation of Zanu), like PM Morgan Tsvangirai, who was on holiday, while the 2 presidents fought colonial regimes in their respective countries."
They said Tanzanian Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda, told President Mugabe to behave like an elder statesman and stop calling for elections this year, warning this would only take Zimbabwe back to the "dark days of 2008".
Pinda did not understand Mugabe's impatience on holding elections and told him to do it "for the people", not just himself. Pinda was however continuously interjected by Zambian president, Michael Sata, the only leader to support an election this year.
"Sata kept saying 'Pamberi ne Zanu-PF', interjecting anyone who dared criticise Mugabe," the source said, adding that at times, the Zanu-PF contingent of Emmerson Mnangagwa, Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche, seemed embarrassed by the chants.
Sata said Mugabe had no business discussing issues with "these boys who were not there in 1963 (at the formation of Zanu), like PM Morgan Tsvangirai, who was on holiday, while the 2 presidents fought colonial regimes in their respective countries."
Source - standard
