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China wants Mugabe out of office - Mnangagwa's allies
21 Mar 2016 at 12:27hrs | Views
Chinese is fed up with President Robert Mugabe being in power, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies have claimed.
Mugabe tuned 92 exactly a month ago.
According to the Daily News, Mnangagwa's allies claimed that while there were "significant differences" among Zanu PF's various factions, "there is now almost unanimous agreement that it's time for the president to rest (step down)".
"Gushungo (Mugabe) has served the country well for more than six decades and the nation must always be thankful for that sacrifice. However, the reality is that he is not a spring chicken anymore, and the time has come for someone else to take the leadership baton.
"It pains some of us to see that the climate within the party has deteriorated to the extent that there is now almost unanimous agreement that it's time for the president to rest (step down). In fact, even war veterans and all our friends, including the Chinese, now say it is time for him to go," the party official claimed.
On Friday, Mugabe admitted publicly in Bindura that some Zanu PF members where flying to China to influence outsiders to buy into this thinking.
"Some of you are going as far as China telling them that we need a new leader. At the African Union we are trying to elevate our country and yet here, you are busy pulling me down.
"We should have respect to our leadership. If there are contradictions, we sit down and iron out the differences," he moaned.
Mugabe tuned 92 exactly a month ago.
According to the Daily News, Mnangagwa's allies claimed that while there were "significant differences" among Zanu PF's various factions, "there is now almost unanimous agreement that it's time for the president to rest (step down)".
"Gushungo (Mugabe) has served the country well for more than six decades and the nation must always be thankful for that sacrifice. However, the reality is that he is not a spring chicken anymore, and the time has come for someone else to take the leadership baton.
On Friday, Mugabe admitted publicly in Bindura that some Zanu PF members where flying to China to influence outsiders to buy into this thinking.
"Some of you are going as far as China telling them that we need a new leader. At the African Union we are trying to elevate our country and yet here, you are busy pulling me down.
"We should have respect to our leadership. If there are contradictions, we sit down and iron out the differences," he moaned.
Source - Daily News
