The youngest son of President Robert Mugabe has said that his father cannot be fired or sacked as has been done by the ruling Zanu-PF party putting pressure on the 93 year old leader to step-down.
On Sunday the Zanu-PF party passed a resolution to remove Robert Mugabe from the position of president of the party and urged him to resign.
A deadline of 10:00 GMT on Monday set by the Zanu-PF for Mugabe to resign has elapsed without any signal of the revolutionary leader exiting power.
On Sunday many were expecting President Mugabe to announce his resignation in a televised speech, but he shocked many by avoiding the crisis and rather calling for peace and unity.
Chatunga Mugabe the youngest son of President Mugabe has written for the first time about the crisis on his facebook page saying the governing party Zanu-PF “is nothing without President Mugabe”.
“You can’t fire a revolutionary leader! Zanu-PF is nothing without President Mugabe‚” he said.
The military last week took charge of the country but claimed its action wasn’t a coup but an action to clear criminals around President Mugabe.
On Sunday the Zanu PF recalled Mr. Mugabe replacing him with the dismissed vice president Emmerson Mnanagwa.
His wife, Grace was also been expelled from the party putting pressure on President Mugabe to exit power.
Although President Mugabe has been removed as leader of the Zanu PF he still remains President of the country.
On Saturday there was a major street rally by Zimbabweans demanding that he steps down.
Reuters reported that on Saturday that one of Mugabe’s nephews, Patrick Zhuwao has said that the 93-year-old leader and his wife Grace are “ready to die for what is correct”.
Zhuwao is reported by Reuters to have said that President Mugabe believes stepping down would only legitimise military takeover.
President Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980.
Source: Africafeeds.com
