HARARE - State media has been ordered to address President Mugabe as the Head of state and government and the commander of the Army at all times.A senior journalist from the state-controlled Herald said they received the directive in the form of a fax from the Ministry of Information and Publicity on Friday 24, 2009. It followed the address by the President at the opening of the three day National healing Program.
We were forced to change all the scripts which we had written to match the directive. No reasons were stated for the change. We are not free here, these Zanu (PF) politicians give us a torrid time, especially the editorial team, said the journalist.
The directive was also given to ZBC. Under the Global Political Agreement, Mugabe is the head of State and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is the leader of the government.