War Veterans Rebuke Mugabe For Criticising Mnangagwa

Addressing war veterans, collaborators, widows of the war veterans and their children as well as Zanu-PF Matabeleland North members at the party’s provincial offices in Lupane, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) secretary general, Victor Matemadanda rebuked former President Robert Mugabe for criticising the new dispensation saying he (Mugabe) was dreaming to think that his rule could be restored.

Said Matemadanda:

Mugabe will always do that because he thinks he is better than anyone else and represents the whole electorate who he thinks can vote for his wife. He is very old and we can forgive him for his age.

He said Cde Mugabe was a ruler who just like [Rhodesian Prime Minister] Ian Smith “lived in a mansion and made decisions without consulting and punished people for mistakes” while President Mnangagwa is a team player who is always with the people and makes informed decisions. In a meeting with African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat in Harare on Monday last week, Mugabe is reported to have claimed that his family was being harassed and that he was being denied his constitutional benefits as a former head of state [Read Story Here].

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