The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has stated that he would not allow to be pushed into stepping down, instead would hold on to power as he wishes.
The 93-year old long term leader of Zimbabwe told a gathering at a funeral in Harare on Thursday that there are individuals within his country who are undermining him and wish him bad.
Zimbabwe is currently facing cash and fuel shortages due to poor economic management but President Mugabe said those shortages are “artificial” and were being created by some government officials bent on getting rid of him as President.
“We have people who are like the biblical Judas Iscariot within our government who created these shortages to advance their agenda of removing the president from office,” Mugabe said vowing to continue as President.
“I want to tell them today that I will not be pushed out of office because I am representing the interests of the people who elected me into office, therefore, I will continue to occupy the presidential seat that I am occupying comfortably,” he added.
There have been Long queues at banks, supermarket and gas stations as people try to stack up food, money and fuel amid fears over the shortages.
Source: Africafeeds.com
