He was addressing a press conference attended by a multitude of local, regional and international journalists at State House in the capital.
As he spoke, President Mugabe was flanked by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Defence Minister and Chief Election Agent during the violent 2008 elections.
Army generals have in the past threatened to resist rule by anyone outside President Robert Mugabe and Zanu (PF).
“That was just one or two people. They are not the army. They are not the authority. Their discipline is not the same discipline as you and I know. They obey military discipline. Theirs is Left, Right, About Turn!” said Mugabe, in reference to military orders and routines.
Mugabe admitted that the 2008 presidential runoff that followed the first round of elections in which Morgan Tsvangirai won but failed to get a conclusive majority was “tainted” with violence.
However, he insisted: “But it was so tarnished as to be completely ignored, when compared with what happens in other parts of the world.”
MDC-T claimed that more than 400 of its supporters were killed ahead of the 2008 runoff from which its leader, Tsvangirai withdrew leaving Mugabe to run as a sole candidate.
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