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Mujuru responds to Grace Mugabe, refuse to step down
17 Nov 2014 at 07:01hrs | Views
EMBATTLED vice president Joice Mujuru yesterday dismissed allegations that she was plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe in order to take over the presidency.
Mujuru broke her silence after the State Press, which has declared war on her, accused her of being linked to an alleged plot to assassinate the aging leader as factional battles in the ruling party reach boiling point.
The VP said she was in the process of taking legal action against the newspapers as she defended her track record.
"To you my fellow citizens I say, that I, Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, am here to serve the people of Zimbabwe, and the party Zanu PF, that I have always been a member of," she said in a statement last night.
"I am accused of being involved in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate Zimbabwean government led by His Excellency, the president and first secretary of Zanu PF and commander-in-chief of the defence forces, RG Mugabe," she said.
"This allegation is wholly untrue and cannot go unchallenged, in the national interest."
She added: "I deny any and all the allegations of treason, corruption, incompetence and misuse of public office being routinely made against me in The Herald and Sunday Mail newspapers.
"I have briefed my legal practitioners to take the necessary steps, at law, to restore my good reputation, political standing and dignity.
"I stand ready to defend myself before the party and in any court of law on any of the allegations made against me, at any time, in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe.
"Leaders are elected by the people to serve the people. I am an elected servant of the people of Zimbabwe and as such I can only serve this country in any capacity, when elected by the people.
"Unbridled ambition, misplaced self-righteous adulation and hubris, offends the Lord and can only lead to the ruin of the person(s), and the party and therefore government," Mujuru said.
Mujuru broke her silence after the State Press, which has declared war on her, accused her of being linked to an alleged plot to assassinate the aging leader as factional battles in the ruling party reach boiling point.
The VP said she was in the process of taking legal action against the newspapers as she defended her track record.
"To you my fellow citizens I say, that I, Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, am here to serve the people of Zimbabwe, and the party Zanu PF, that I have always been a member of," she said in a statement last night.
"I am accused of being involved in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate Zimbabwean government led by His Excellency, the president and first secretary of Zanu PF and commander-in-chief of the defence forces, RG Mugabe," she said.
She added: "I deny any and all the allegations of treason, corruption, incompetence and misuse of public office being routinely made against me in The Herald and Sunday Mail newspapers.
"I have briefed my legal practitioners to take the necessary steps, at law, to restore my good reputation, political standing and dignity.
"I stand ready to defend myself before the party and in any court of law on any of the allegations made against me, at any time, in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe.
"Leaders are elected by the people to serve the people. I am an elected servant of the people of Zimbabwe and as such I can only serve this country in any capacity, when elected by the people.
"Unbridled ambition, misplaced self-righteous adulation and hubris, offends the Lord and can only lead to the ruin of the person(s), and the party and therefore government," Mujuru said.
Source - Southern Eye
