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'Rigging claims mere politicking,' says Mugabe
24 Jul 2013 at 05:35hrs | Views
THE MDC formations are just politicking when they accuse Zanu-PF of planning to rig elections when they know very well that Zanu-PF has never rigged any election in the past, President Mugabe said yesterday.
MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and Baba Jukwa are making claims of vote rigging over the past few weeks.
Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at a campaign rally at the Aerodrome Grounds in Mutare, Mugabe said Zanu-PF was politically experienced and had no need to rig an election.
"We are now mature people," he said.
"We are not having elections for the first time. Some people elsewhere thought we were starters. We are not political starters; we have had elections before, good elections.
"We never had rigged elections. Ava veMDC vanoti you are rigging, well, its politics, but they know for certain that we don't rig elections, never ever.
"So, let us observe peace, be united in our country, but that unity must be based on recognising that there are other groups that have their own programmes."
Mugabe said although other parties had their programmes, Zanu-PF had the best.
Mugabe implored the people of Manicaland not to repeat the mistakes of 2008 "where people forgot that thousands and thousands of sons from this province sacrificed their lives to liberate this country".
"It was a mistake in 2008 and we should not let it happen again. The MDC was a creation of the Westminster Foundation, which in itself was a coming together of three political parties in Britain, the Labour Party, the Conservatives and the Liberals.
"Imagine three British political parties coming together to fight us. But we had a history, dating back to the days of the ANC, dating back to Mbuya Nehanda and you cannot change a revolution. Vaida kuchinja, asi revolution haichinjike."
Mugabe said diamonds being mined in Marange in Manicaland should benefit the local people.
"Madiamonds ari kubva kuMarange. Through the community share ownership scheme, vekuMarange should benefit more nokuti ndivo vane maroads anotsikwa-tsikwa, ndivo vanobviswa mumisha yavo, so they should benefit more," he said.
Mugabe said Zanu-PF would forge ahead with the indigenisation and empowerment policies if it wins the elections.
MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and Baba Jukwa are making claims of vote rigging over the past few weeks.
Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at a campaign rally at the Aerodrome Grounds in Mutare, Mugabe said Zanu-PF was politically experienced and had no need to rig an election.
"We are now mature people," he said.
"We are not having elections for the first time. Some people elsewhere thought we were starters. We are not political starters; we have had elections before, good elections.
"We never had rigged elections. Ava veMDC vanoti you are rigging, well, its politics, but they know for certain that we don't rig elections, never ever.
"So, let us observe peace, be united in our country, but that unity must be based on recognising that there are other groups that have their own programmes."
Mugabe said although other parties had their programmes, Zanu-PF had the best.
Mugabe implored the people of Manicaland not to repeat the mistakes of 2008 "where people forgot that thousands and thousands of sons from this province sacrificed their lives to liberate this country".
"It was a mistake in 2008 and we should not let it happen again. The MDC was a creation of the Westminster Foundation, which in itself was a coming together of three political parties in Britain, the Labour Party, the Conservatives and the Liberals.
"Imagine three British political parties coming together to fight us. But we had a history, dating back to the days of the ANC, dating back to Mbuya Nehanda and you cannot change a revolution. Vaida kuchinja, asi revolution haichinjike."
Mugabe said diamonds being mined in Marange in Manicaland should benefit the local people.
"Madiamonds ari kubva kuMarange. Through the community share ownership scheme, vekuMarange should benefit more nokuti ndivo vane maroads anotsikwa-tsikwa, ndivo vanobviswa mumisha yavo, so they should benefit more," he said.
Mugabe said Zanu-PF would forge ahead with the indigenisation and empowerment policies if it wins the elections.
Source - herald
