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Zimbabwe security chiefs still in 'War mode', claims Mugabe
19 Jun 2013 at 18:09hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe told SADC peers he was also the victim of media abuse and urged them to treat the country's security commanders with "sensitivity", explaining that most of them have not detached from the revolutionary attitude adopted during the country's independence.
Mugabe was responding to calls for media and security sector reforms during last weekend's SADC extraordinary summit in Maputo, Mozambique where MDC leaders expressed concern over the country's partisan security establishment as well as biased reporting in the state media.
The Zanu-PF leader also rose to the defence of partisan army commanders who have said they would not serve under a leader who did not participate in the liberation struggle in a veiled reference to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai with some even hinting that he would not be allowed to take over power even if he won elections.
"I agree, there is something wrong with the statements that the security forces are making. However, let me explain to you why I think they make the statements that they make.
"These are people who were with us during the liberation struggle and they have not disconnected themselves from the liberation struggle to today. As far as they are concerned they are still in the mould of the liberation struggle and we know we have to treat them with sensitivity but I agree there is a problem," said Mugabe.
Mugabe was responding to calls for media and security sector reforms during last weekend's SADC extraordinary summit in Maputo, Mozambique where MDC leaders expressed concern over the country's partisan security establishment as well as biased reporting in the state media.
The Zanu-PF leader also rose to the defence of partisan army commanders who have said they would not serve under a leader who did not participate in the liberation struggle in a veiled reference to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai with some even hinting that he would not be allowed to take over power even if he won elections.
"I agree, there is something wrong with the statements that the security forces are making. However, let me explain to you why I think they make the statements that they make.
"These are people who were with us during the liberation struggle and they have not disconnected themselves from the liberation struggle to today. As far as they are concerned they are still in the mould of the liberation struggle and we know we have to treat them with sensitivity but I agree there is a problem," said Mugabe.
Source - newswires
