He’s so vain, he thinks this election’s about him
Uproar follows Mugabe’s press conference and endorsement of opposition candidate Chamisa
It was the first time in the history of independent Zimbabwe that Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s face was not on the ballot paper.But the aged former leader still managed to steal the limelight in Zimbabwe’s election this week.On the eve of the election he held a surprise media conference where he repeated that his removal from office was by military force. "Our neighbours are fooled into believing that it was not a coup d’état. Nonsense, it was a coup d’état. We used to say politics directs the gun but now it is the gun directing politics."Mugabe’s comments on his removal went unremarked as there are few inside or outside Zimbabwe who disagree that it was time for him to go, one way or another.What really got the world’s attention was Mugabe’s announcement that he was turning his back on Zanu-PF, the liberation movement which he led in exile and then in power for 27 years."I can’t vote for Zanu-PF. I can’t vote for a party or those in power who have brought me to this state. So it’s the M...
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