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Biti threatens war on Grace Mugabe
22 Oct 2014 at 05:44hrs | Views
MDC Renewal leader Tendai Biti has taken a swipe at First Lady Grace Mugabe for undermining Vice-President Joice Mujuru during her Meet The People rallies held in the past fortnight saying it was an abomination to "pour vitriol against liberation war fighter".
Biti made the remarks while addressing his party's structures last weekend.
"The hate speech by Grace (Amai Mugabe) will lead to one thing and one thing alone, war," Biti was quoted by the State run Herald today.
"She has poured vitriol against liberation war fighters and we will not take such things lightly. Grace has exposed what we have always suspected of Mugabe, that he hates himself for being African," he said.
Since Grace rapped VP Mujuru for alleged corruption and abuse of office involving illicit diamond dealings, extorting shareholding from companies, demanding 10 percent bribes; undermining the authority of the President and having a hand in the formation of reactionary opposition parties like the MDC and Mavambo Kusile Dawn; opposition functionaries have been lining up to defend VP Mujuru while denigrating Amai Mugabe, a development analysts said pointed to a hitherto unknown relationship between the VP and the opposition parties.
The Mujuru-MDC/Mavambo axis thickened yesterday with Mavambo leader Dr Simba Makoni vowing that nothing could separate him from VP Mujuru amid revelations a network of opposition elements and some Zanu-PF MPs, most of whom were recently linked to receiving funding from a CIA operative at the US embassy in Harare, working on plans to petition the First Lady on behalf of the VP.
Addressing a press conference yesterday Makoni said his relationship with VP Mujuru was very tight and no one could put them asunder, in a way confirming assertions by First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe that his party has roots in the VP's house.
Addressing the last leg of her "Meet the People" rallies at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera on Friday, Amai Mugabe revealed that the opposition MDC and Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn were formed in VP Mujuru's house.
Dr Makoni said he had a long standing bond with the Mujuru family that could not be wiped by political differences.
Sources close to developments said among the petition demands is a lobby to afford Mai Mujuru the chance to also embark on her own tour of the provinces to counter Amai Mugabe's highly subscribed Meet the People Tour.
Biti made the remarks while addressing his party's structures last weekend.
"The hate speech by Grace (Amai Mugabe) will lead to one thing and one thing alone, war," Biti was quoted by the State run Herald today.
"She has poured vitriol against liberation war fighters and we will not take such things lightly. Grace has exposed what we have always suspected of Mugabe, that he hates himself for being African," he said.
Since Grace rapped VP Mujuru for alleged corruption and abuse of office involving illicit diamond dealings, extorting shareholding from companies, demanding 10 percent bribes; undermining the authority of the President and having a hand in the formation of reactionary opposition parties like the MDC and Mavambo Kusile Dawn; opposition functionaries have been lining up to defend VP Mujuru while denigrating Amai Mugabe, a development analysts said pointed to a hitherto unknown relationship between the VP and the opposition parties.
Addressing a press conference yesterday Makoni said his relationship with VP Mujuru was very tight and no one could put them asunder, in a way confirming assertions by First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe that his party has roots in the VP's house.
Addressing the last leg of her "Meet the People" rallies at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera on Friday, Amai Mugabe revealed that the opposition MDC and Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn were formed in VP Mujuru's house.
Dr Makoni said he had a long standing bond with the Mujuru family that could not be wiped by political differences.
Sources close to developments said among the petition demands is a lobby to afford Mai Mujuru the chance to also embark on her own tour of the provinces to counter Amai Mugabe's highly subscribed Meet the People Tour.
Source - Herald
