The Opposition MDC-T has said that Zimbabwe is now a military state and that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces were not going to leave the streets anytime soon as they wanted to ensure that their pet project succeeded. In an interview with the Daily News, MDC-T’s national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe said:
The army process and the Zanu PF processes were both illegal. Now we have a coalition government of the army and unscrupulous Zanu PF individuals.
To prove that this whole thing is now a military state, what is the army doing on the roads where an awkward situation has arisen with police officers stopping vehicles and handing over to the army.
The pattern that is emerging is disturbing. What kind of an operation is that? What threat is government facing that warrants the army to go out there and search vehicles?
There has to be a national threat for the army to do that. Now my question to Mnangagwa is, what kind of threat is it that Zimbabweans don’t know?
Whatever insecurity there is, it should be known to the people.
…So when the military says it is targeting criminals around the president, we thought they would also target criminals around the wards and districts if they are genuine.
We thought the army would say, look, we are not Zanu PF, we are a people’s army so we are going to now stand aside as referees but we are not seeing that.
What we are seeing is a situation where the supposed referee is also taking penalties in the game, which explains why we now see even those that read the ‘coup’ statement being appointed to government.
The message is clear that we are in a military State and those who say we have gone back to normalcy are living in a fools’ paradise.
There is a partnership between Zanu PF and the army. The army did not come out to save us but to save Zanu PF.
The army won’t go away anytime soon because it’s their project and they want to see it through.
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these guys are just shouting for nothing ,instead of focusing on the forthcoming elections and canvass for votes they are busy attacking non issues.if zim becomes a military state but the masses enjoying the freedom of the country with jobs created and our economy back on track whats wrong with that, besides Mdc T is now confirming what we have said from longback back that it was just another one of mugabe’s pet projects,manje hamuchalume
the army is a Zanu PF army so yes they have Zanu PF interests. Most people who marched just marched well it happens.
Thus a dubious excuse, MDC T knows well it can’t defeat Zanu PF
is the army harassing people? if not we are not concerned about them as long we can enjoy our freedom we have jobs descent education , descent health service.descent food descent accommodation. We are not worried about soldiers fighting corrupt people unless you are corrupt your life is then threatened
“The army did
not come out to save
us but to save Zanu
PF”, like you didn’t know when your fellow leaders marched with the army?
The military-Zanu PF alliance has been there since independence. The only change now is that they are moving to the fore. The military does not demorcratise ZANU PF since it, by its nature, is a dictatorship.
Haiwawo ngatiumbei nyika kwete kungo gwautauko. Runyararo ngarwuchengetwe munyika nemauto nemapurisa as it is now. Ana nyama tokuzivai munonaka maiswa sauti.