Robert Mugabe would only hand over the keys to State House to a Zanu (PF) official – not to traitors like Tsvangirai, Grace told Zanu (PF) supporters in Shamva on Thursday.
She was speaking after meeting victims of alleged MDC political violence in the company of her husband.
Even if people vote for the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai will never step foot inside State House, Grace said. He will only get to hear about what it looks like inside State House from people who have been there. Even if Baba (Mugabe) loses, he will only leave State House to make way for someone from Zanu (PF).
Grace’s implicit hints that Mugabe is planning to stage a coup in the event of electoral defeat lends credence to a recent report by International Crisis Group that Mugabe could use the military to refuse to hand over power if he loses the June 27 vote.
Analysts say her statements must have been cleared by her husband and therefore constitute the clearest indications so far of Mugabe’s thinking.
This demonstrates clearly that the run-off is a complete waste of time, said a political observer.
But others maintain her utterances were just the barking of an expired regime.
While Zimbabweans battle for survival with horrific inflation rates, as the life expectancy drops by decades, as the unemployment rate nears 90 percent, Grace Marufu Mugabe is well-known for her insatiable appetite for shopping and her lavish spending sprees in the Far East.
Her threats that Tsvangirai would never set foot in State House, over our dead body have been frowned upon by the majority of Zimbabweans who voted for him in the first round.
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