Mugabe: 'Tsvangirai is a political prostitute'


  1. Conrad Dube Mwanawashe AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe's President Mugabe has called MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai a political prostitute and said that British premier Gordon Brown must undergo mental examination. He was addressing mourners gathered at the national burial shrine, for the burial of ZANU PF political commissar Eliot Manyika.
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    He died in a car accident on Saturday; Mugabe said Zimbabweans should solve their own problems.

    "You find someone in Germany, in France, in Botswana and Senegal, what are you looking for? This is prostitution in politics. Stop this prostitution," he said, adding, "Let's settle things here."

    Mugabe said the British could criticize Zimbabwe but for them to call for an invasion, was inviting the wrath of the troubled southern African country.

    "We must defend our country against those who hate us especially the British who continue to say things are not going well in Zimbabwe. There is nothing wrong in them criticizing us anybody can say that, but for the British to talk about an invasion, they will meet us," he said.

    "Mr. Brown your thinking must undergo some medical correction. Let us remember that we are not dealing with honest people, they want to find an excuse to re-colonize us. Why cant they say you Zimbabweans are seating on vast mineral resources we want to share whether you like it or not is a better honest report.”

    “They lied about Iraq that into had weapons of mass destruction when it was against international law. There were no weapons of mass destructions not even preparations to manufacture such weapons. Then they said we were misinformed but Saddam had the intention. Who can judge a man's intentions? We are dealing with the greatest crooks the international community has ever witnessed. The combination of Bush and Blair is the worst combinational of world leaders," said Mugabe.

    "Zimbabwe is our country, (Gordon) Brown can do whatever he wants, (George) Bush can say whatever he wants, but Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans, this cannot be changed. As it is unchangeable, those who want to change and turn it to be Zimbabwe for the British as it was once upon a time, those who continue to behave like black mambas, we must continue to be aware of their machinations," said Mugabe.

    He reiterated that dual citizenship will not be allowed in Zimbabwe.

    Turning to the disputed presidential election, Mugabe said that the problem was the west that wanted to dictate a winner of that election.

    He said: "Against the March 29 elections we educated our people that in March there was no winner as has happened in Ghana. I would want to hear what the Westerners will say; that when the law says, as in Ghana, that if no one scores more than 50% then there has to be re-run."

    "The imperialists observed it but not in Zimbabwe. We know MDC got 47% and we got 43% so they led but they didn’t win. So we observed the law. Don’t interpret the law with your whims as the westerners want to do in regard to us," said Mugabe.



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