Mnangagwa's Silence Is Not Weakness, He Is A Man Of Steel And Wool - George Charamba

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba has said that Mnangagwa’s legitimacy does not depend on Nelson Chamisa but comes from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the courts. Commenting on Chamisa’s refusal to recognise Mnangagwa as the legitimate winner of the July 30 elections, Charamba told The Standard,

We hope that maturity will visit him [Chamisa] some day and he realises that winners do not win on the goodwill of losers. So, the silence of Mnangagwa is not a weakness. He is a man of steel and wool, depending on which side you tickle him.

This narrative that the legitimacy of the president is made through acceptance of defeat by the opposition leader is a false narrative. If it did, we will not need the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission or the courts. We would need the say-so of the opposition, but there is no human being who confers legitimacy on a person who won the plebiscite… all this prattling is to us prattle of an undersized political child.

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