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Mugabe a puppet of the military, says Tsvangirai
29 Jul 2013 at 06:44hrs | Views
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai claimed Sunday that President Robert Mugabe was a puppet of the military, adding it was a travesty that a man nearly 90 years old and in office for three decades wanted another five years as the country's leader.
Tsvangirai said the vote presented Zimbabweans with a chance to "express their choice between a brutal regime and a peaceful, caring and democratic government".
He claimed that Mugabe had refused to relinquish power despite "being defeated by the MDC in the 2002, 2005 and 2008 elections" because he was a puppet of the country's powerful security services.
A failure to manage its succession politics, Tsvangirai added, had resulted in Zanu-PF being "stuck with an octogenarian whose capacity to run the affairs of this country have become questionable".
He again took a swipe at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) accusing the organisation of "shifting goal posts" regarding the management of Wednesday's vote adding he would register his reservations with the observer teams.
Tsvangirai said the vote presented Zimbabweans with a chance to "express their choice between a brutal regime and a peaceful, caring and democratic government".
He claimed that Mugabe had refused to relinquish power despite "being defeated by the MDC in the 2002, 2005 and 2008 elections" because he was a puppet of the country's powerful security services.
A failure to manage its succession politics, Tsvangirai added, had resulted in Zanu-PF being "stuck with an octogenarian whose capacity to run the affairs of this country have become questionable".
He again took a swipe at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) accusing the organisation of "shifting goal posts" regarding the management of Wednesday's vote adding he would register his reservations with the observer teams.
Source - online
