Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe in a bitter and angry tone has said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies must apologise to him for last year’s military operation that forced him out of power.
Mr. Mugabe has also said that he doubts that the ruling Zanu-PF will win the upcoming general elections this year.
The 94 year old former leader made these comments at his Harare residence on Saturday to celebrate his private birthday party.
“They must accept and apologise that what they did was wrong,” Mugabe was quoted by Standard newspaper as saying to his guests.
Mugabe said the Zanu PF wants to work with him for the elections due in July, but asked “Can they be trusted again? Can our people vote for such a Zanu-PF, a Zanu-PF which shredded the constitution? I don’t know.”
The former President of Zimbabwe broke his silence recently over how he exited power last year after a military takeover telling the visiting African Union commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat that he resigned for the sake of “peace and development”.
Mahamat told journalists in Harare, according to NewsDay that “I met him (Mugabe), we exchanged views, and he also explained why he resigned. It was for peace and development of the country. And we appreciated that very much.”
Meanwhile local media has also reported that Mugabe revealed that Mugabe claimed in his conversation with the AU diplomat that he was forced out of power by the military which he considered a “coup”.
Born on February 21, 1924, Mugabe trained as a teacher and taught in Ghana before returning home to join the guerrilla war against British rule and eventually becoming prime minister when the country attained its independence from Britain in 1980.
Mugabe became president in 1987 and ruled until he resigned.
Source: Africafeeds.com
