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US advancing 'mad arguments', says Mugabe
19 Jul 2013 at 04:39hrs | Views
Zanu-PF's leader, Robert Mugabe has reiterated that Zimbabwe had barred observers from the United States and Europe for imposing sanctions on the country.
"We say no to USA, we say no to countries that imposed sanctions on us. But we say yes to Sadc, yes to Comesa and yes to the African Union. There is nothing to hide in these elections," he said.
"We want to assure all observers that we have nothing to hide and we will assist if they point out areas which they feel might need attention. If they point out areas that they feel may need to be attended to especially because of violence or anything else, we will duly attend to them," he said.
He said the US was advancing "mad arguments" about the need to postpone the elections to attend to media and security sector reforms which are also being parroted by the MDCs saying these were issues that should be taken to the electorate for determination.
"America must be mad to suggest that we should not hold elections which are due anyway according to our laws. They are advancing mad arguments . . . please keep your pink nose to yourself. We are a nation that is guided by principles and these principles do not come from America . . . so please keep your hands off . . . you are still democratically filthy and correct that and then you can come and teach us about democracy," he said.
President Mugabe took a swipe at Britain and the US for reneging on their pledge to fund land reforms despite earlier promises by their late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Jimmy Carter of America.
He said the formation of the MDC-T was a direct result of the West's arrogance after they realised that they could no longer have good relations with Zanu-PF which stood firm on its stance to go ahead with the agrarian reforms.
"Then Bush and Blair formed an alliance against Zimbabwe because they did not want to fund the land reform exercise which their previous administrations led by Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher had agreed to do . . . It was a case of Blair helping Bush in Iraq and Bush helping Blair in Zimbabwe. The BBs, Blooming Fools.
"MDC is a party formed by the Labour Party, the Liberals and the Conservatives even the MDC themselves do not deny this. Then MDC inoti makatorera varungu mapurazi muchazviona. Mumwe wedu here uyu anodaro, akomana, hanzi chinja chinja. Unochinja ganda rako nekupi (iMDC ithi lathathela abelungu umhlabathi lizonya. Ngomunye wethu na oyenza njalo, madoda, kuthiwa guqula guqula. Ungantshintsha ubunsundu bakhonjalo)," he said.
"We say no to USA, we say no to countries that imposed sanctions on us. But we say yes to Sadc, yes to Comesa and yes to the African Union. There is nothing to hide in these elections," he said.
"We want to assure all observers that we have nothing to hide and we will assist if they point out areas which they feel might need attention. If they point out areas that they feel may need to be attended to especially because of violence or anything else, we will duly attend to them," he said.
He said the US was advancing "mad arguments" about the need to postpone the elections to attend to media and security sector reforms which are also being parroted by the MDCs saying these were issues that should be taken to the electorate for determination.
"America must be mad to suggest that we should not hold elections which are due anyway according to our laws. They are advancing mad arguments . . . please keep your pink nose to yourself. We are a nation that is guided by principles and these principles do not come from America . . . so please keep your hands off . . . you are still democratically filthy and correct that and then you can come and teach us about democracy," he said.
President Mugabe took a swipe at Britain and the US for reneging on their pledge to fund land reforms despite earlier promises by their late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Jimmy Carter of America.
He said the formation of the MDC-T was a direct result of the West's arrogance after they realised that they could no longer have good relations with Zanu-PF which stood firm on its stance to go ahead with the agrarian reforms.
"Then Bush and Blair formed an alliance against Zimbabwe because they did not want to fund the land reform exercise which their previous administrations led by Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher had agreed to do . . . It was a case of Blair helping Bush in Iraq and Bush helping Blair in Zimbabwe. The BBs, Blooming Fools.
"MDC is a party formed by the Labour Party, the Liberals and the Conservatives even the MDC themselves do not deny this. Then MDC inoti makatorera varungu mapurazi muchazviona. Mumwe wedu here uyu anodaro, akomana, hanzi chinja chinja. Unochinja ganda rako nekupi (iMDC ithi lathathela abelungu umhlabathi lizonya. Ngomunye wethu na oyenza njalo, madoda, kuthiwa guqula guqula. Ungantshintsha ubunsundu bakhonjalo)," he said.
Source - chronicle
