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Stop fooling yourself, The Standard newspaper told
03 May 2011 at 04:56hrs | Views
DEFENCE Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed claims by a local weekly newspaper that Service Chiefs and Zanu-PF want President Robert Mugabe to go.
Mnangagwa lambasted the Standard newspaper for publishing what he described as "nonsense and utter rubbish".
He added that President Mugabe is here to stay, and that claims by the Standard are cheap politicking by the private media working in cahoots with Western sponsors.
"The Standard paper and its western sponsors should stop fooling themselves as Cde Robert Mugabe has proved beyond doubt that he is a tried and tested leader who still commands overwhelming support from his party, Zanu-PF," said Cde Mnangagwa.
The Defence Minister also dismissed, as cheap politicking by the western sponsored paper, claims by the publishers of the paper that Service Chiefs held a teleconference with the President while he was in Singapore, asking him to relinquish power.
In its edition dated 1 May 2011, the weekly Standard newspaper claimed that Service Chiefs and so-called 'hardliners' in Zanu-PF have asked President Mugabe to defer elections and appoint a successor.
Mnangagwa said while it is not the first time that the Standard has tried unsuccessfully to cause despondency in Zanu-PF through falsehoods, this latest article showed how desperate the paper, which is failing to find relevant news, has become.
One commentator who labeled himself or herself as SuperT was quick to agree with the comments by saying "Pathetic Desperation is the right way to describe the paper's attempt to fool Zimbabweans. No Zimbabwean worth the citizenship would ever believe that such a matter of national security could be discussed via tele-conferencing. That was a plain blue lie.
The Standard was probably trying to cover up the shortcomings of its chosen party, MDC-T ,which ended its Congress on Sunday without pronouncing any policy, none at all. How bankrupt can a party get? Zimbabweans were instead coerced to believe that Mr Tsvangirai will somehow miraculously grow a $100 billion economy in 30 years at an annual growth rate of 10%.
At face value that looks and sounds great intuitively but in practical terms it is nonsensical. Some are confusing this for a policy. No I say that is a rhetoric wild plan hanging in the air as it lacks a policy foundation or underpinning.
One does not need to look far to discredit the British Party. Compare the MDC-T congress outcome with that of Zanu PF five months and you will see a sea of significant differences.
What Mr Tsvangirai deliberately chose not to say is who will be owning and driving that economy; white or black capital. At the same time Mr Flip Flop did not pronounce his stance on indeginization and sanctions for the single reason that the real party owner and political Angel Bennett would stop financial inflows immediately. Why else do you think Bennett was re-elected unopposed and in absentia? That in itself speaks volumes.
Wishful hallucinations perhaps is the right description for the outcome of the MDC-T congress.
Ndatenda Hangu/ Siyabonga
Mnangagwa lambasted the Standard newspaper for publishing what he described as "nonsense and utter rubbish".
He added that President Mugabe is here to stay, and that claims by the Standard are cheap politicking by the private media working in cahoots with Western sponsors.
"The Standard paper and its western sponsors should stop fooling themselves as Cde Robert Mugabe has proved beyond doubt that he is a tried and tested leader who still commands overwhelming support from his party, Zanu-PF," said Cde Mnangagwa.
The Defence Minister also dismissed, as cheap politicking by the western sponsored paper, claims by the publishers of the paper that Service Chiefs held a teleconference with the President while he was in Singapore, asking him to relinquish power.
In its edition dated 1 May 2011, the weekly Standard newspaper claimed that Service Chiefs and so-called 'hardliners' in Zanu-PF have asked President Mugabe to defer elections and appoint a successor.
Mnangagwa said while it is not the first time that the Standard has tried unsuccessfully to cause despondency in Zanu-PF through falsehoods, this latest article showed how desperate the paper, which is failing to find relevant news, has become.
One commentator who labeled himself or herself as SuperT was quick to agree with the comments by saying "Pathetic Desperation is the right way to describe the paper's attempt to fool Zimbabweans. No Zimbabwean worth the citizenship would ever believe that such a matter of national security could be discussed via tele-conferencing. That was a plain blue lie.
The Standard was probably trying to cover up the shortcomings of its chosen party, MDC-T ,which ended its Congress on Sunday without pronouncing any policy, none at all. How bankrupt can a party get? Zimbabweans were instead coerced to believe that Mr Tsvangirai will somehow miraculously grow a $100 billion economy in 30 years at an annual growth rate of 10%.
At face value that looks and sounds great intuitively but in practical terms it is nonsensical. Some are confusing this for a policy. No I say that is a rhetoric wild plan hanging in the air as it lacks a policy foundation or underpinning.
One does not need to look far to discredit the British Party. Compare the MDC-T congress outcome with that of Zanu PF five months and you will see a sea of significant differences.
What Mr Tsvangirai deliberately chose not to say is who will be owning and driving that economy; white or black capital. At the same time Mr Flip Flop did not pronounce his stance on indeginization and sanctions for the single reason that the real party owner and political Angel Bennett would stop financial inflows immediately. Why else do you think Bennett was re-elected unopposed and in absentia? That in itself speaks volumes.
Wishful hallucinations perhaps is the right description for the outcome of the MDC-T congress.
Ndatenda Hangu/ Siyabonga
Source - Byo24News
