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'Fuelling Mugabe succession debate in private media equals mischief'
08 Jun 2016 at 10:04hrs | Views
ZANU-PF yesterday described as "mischief makers" members and affiliate organisations who are stoking the succession debate in the private media at a time President Robert Mugabe has asserted that he will continue leading the country and the revolutionary party at the pleasure of the electorate.
The revolutionary party's spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, said President Mugabe's statement during the One Million Man March last month should guide all progressive Zanu-PF cadres.
Some party members and war veterans have of late been granting interviews to the private media discussing succession.
"Zanu-PF is fully aware of some mischief makers on the succession issue," Khaya Moyo said.
"Unless some people suffer from malignant myopia, the position of the party on this misguided matter rests with the pronouncement made by the President and First Secretary of the party Robert Mugabe at the One Million Man March held on May 25, 2016 in Harare.
"The hundreds of thousands of people who attended the spectacular event organised by the Youth League got the message from the President loud and clear. The party is therefore alarmed by the uncalled for debate from some misguided quarters on a matter that's closed and sealed."
Khaya Moyo also had no kind words for the private media.
He said: "The private media who are spearheading this unwarranted and sinister agenda must stop this dangerous effort once and for all. The party, Zanu-PF has always called on all patriotic Zimbabweans to expend their energies on the implementation of Zim-Asset as a way to achieve the total economic emancipation of our people. Enough is enough."
During the One Million Man March, President Mugabe said he was there to stay and would not be pushed out through calls by opposition political parties and their Western backers.
He said he drew his mandate from the party membership and to that end, he would only step down if the revolutionary party says so.
"Where should I go? I belong to my people," President Mugabe said.
"My people say ‘stay here'. I'm not a Briton, I don't like it. I'm not American, I'm not a Yankee. I told (former British Prime Minister Tony) Blair to keep his England so that I can keep my Zimbabwe. So what?"
President Mugabe said he belonged to Zimbabwe and was put in his position by Zanu-PF adding that only the two had a right to ask him to step down.
"I belong to Zimbabwe. So, they say I must go. The outsiders, why do they want Mugabe to stand down, to resign, to retire?
"The people are the ones who will say, you can step down. Is the MDC feeling sorry for me that they want me to rest? Or are they afraid of me? Are they afraid of Mugabe, so tell the papers that Mugabe says go hang! Hang yourself. Anyway we're united. I'm at the service of the people. If the people say I should go, I go. But as long as I feel I can serve the people and I can do my best as I've done in the past, I'll do my best and when time comes I go. I'm not going anywhere," said President Mugabe.
The revolutionary party's spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, said President Mugabe's statement during the One Million Man March last month should guide all progressive Zanu-PF cadres.
Some party members and war veterans have of late been granting interviews to the private media discussing succession.
"Zanu-PF is fully aware of some mischief makers on the succession issue," Khaya Moyo said.
"Unless some people suffer from malignant myopia, the position of the party on this misguided matter rests with the pronouncement made by the President and First Secretary of the party Robert Mugabe at the One Million Man March held on May 25, 2016 in Harare.
"The hundreds of thousands of people who attended the spectacular event organised by the Youth League got the message from the President loud and clear. The party is therefore alarmed by the uncalled for debate from some misguided quarters on a matter that's closed and sealed."
Khaya Moyo also had no kind words for the private media.
During the One Million Man March, President Mugabe said he was there to stay and would not be pushed out through calls by opposition political parties and their Western backers.
He said he drew his mandate from the party membership and to that end, he would only step down if the revolutionary party says so.
"Where should I go? I belong to my people," President Mugabe said.
"My people say ‘stay here'. I'm not a Briton, I don't like it. I'm not American, I'm not a Yankee. I told (former British Prime Minister Tony) Blair to keep his England so that I can keep my Zimbabwe. So what?"
President Mugabe said he belonged to Zimbabwe and was put in his position by Zanu-PF adding that only the two had a right to ask him to step down.
"I belong to Zimbabwe. So, they say I must go. The outsiders, why do they want Mugabe to stand down, to resign, to retire?
"The people are the ones who will say, you can step down. Is the MDC feeling sorry for me that they want me to rest? Or are they afraid of me? Are they afraid of Mugabe, so tell the papers that Mugabe says go hang! Hang yourself. Anyway we're united. I'm at the service of the people. If the people say I should go, I go. But as long as I feel I can serve the people and I can do my best as I've done in the past, I'll do my best and when time comes I go. I'm not going anywhere," said President Mugabe.
Source - chronicle
