Botswana President Ian Khama accused Zimbabwe’s long-time leader Robert Mugabe of failing to honour a power-sharing deal and called for fresh elections in the troubled nation.
Khama, Africa’s most vocal critic of Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party, said in a state of the nation address that new elections would end the political feuding that has handicapped the unity government in Harare.
“I must here, however, express concern at the continued failure of ZANU-PF to fully honour the spirit of the power-sharing agreement,” Khama said.
“In the absence of genuine partnership it would be better for all parties to go back to the people, for they are the ultimate authority to determine who should form the government of Zimbabwe.”
“There can be no substitution for free, fair and credible elections, where people in any country should be allowed to elect representatives of their choice,” Khama said, in his first state of the nation since winning last month’s general elections.
Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai formed a unity government last year, but the power-sharing deal has been hobbled by disputes over key appointments and arrests of members of the premier’s party.
The unity government is meant to oversee the drafting of a new constitution that will guide Zimbabwe toward new polls.
UNFORTUNATELY ZANU DOES NOT WORK ON REASONING. THEY USE FORCE.
EVERYTHING FOR THEM NOW IS ABOUT FORCE, POWER , GREED AND VIOLENCE.
BUT THEIR TIME IS UP NOW. THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO RUN. THEY CORNERED THEMSELVES. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LOSE AN ELECTION AND STILL HAVE HALF THE POWER.
BUT NOOOO THEY HAD TO LOSE AND KEEP THE POWER SURELY THEY THINK ZIMBABWE IS FULL OF IDIOTS.
WELL CHISINGAPERE CHINOSHURA.
I wonder who gives a rat’s behind about this bushman’s opinion.I wonder who told him he is something on a chicken’s carcass. His job is just to massage the bruised ego of MDC cheerleaders with his utterances here and there because his utterances are of no consequence.
He wants to talk of elections, does he want to sponsor them? Is he going to send in his army (for the lack of a better word) to come and defend the villagers against short and long sleeves or a bullet in the head like Jabulani Sibanda promised.Why do adults like Khama utter nonsense like someone who has taken cannabis on an empty stomach? Does he know something that we dont?
Abel sounds like George Charamba. *****************************************. Pilfering, murder, mass murder and daylight robbery.
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Abel sounds like George Charamba. The foul mouthed good for nothing son of hooker. Grew up on proceeds from a**** and continue livings on sleazy outcomes. Pilfering, murder, mass murder and daylight robbery.
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Dont worry about Sama Mr Editor, thats what he does in real life and then he cries when he gets a hammering.chuckle!!!!!!
Everyone who does not agree with him is George Charamba.