the rank of captain down were now deserting the military in droves and taking their weapons with them. They had not been paid for months so could no longer afford to remain in service.
The ZGE said it would also call on Zimbabweans in exile in neighbouring countries to help bring about Mugabe’s overthrow. Wait for November, they said. But there would be no terrorism, they reiterated.
The elections called for 2008 were a sham and should be boycotted by opposition parties – the MDC was merely helping to shore up Zanu (PF)’s image as a democratic party – its leadership should leave the country now. The ZGE said it had no faith in President Mbeki as a mediator. He was out of touch with the real situation on the ground in Zimbabwe and was merely anxious to shore up South Africa’s international image ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
On its website www.zimgovernment.com, the ZGE has posted its plans for its projected government’s basic structure, but no indication how this would be financed.
Arthur Molife, the head of the ZGE, says his interim government will have a life-span lasting only up to the end of the set transitional period. This is due to start from the end of Mugabe’s reign to the first democratic, free and fair parliamentary elections for all the people of a New Zimbabwe, probably 18 to 30 months to the early part of 2010. – Special correspondent
7.6.2007
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Govt in exile predicts mutiny
LONDON
At their second press conference in London last week three members of the self-proclaimed Zimbabwean government in exile said they were confident that Robert Mugabe would eventually be removed by an army mutiny.
Such was the parlous state of the economy they claimed that soldiers from
At their second press conference in London last week three members of the self-proclaimed Zimbabwean government in exile said they were confident that Robert Mugabe would eventually be removed by an army mutiny.
Such was the parlous state of the economy they claimed that soldiers from