'If you love Mugabe so much, take him'
The Zimbabwean community in Namibia has said President Robert Mugabe should listen to the will of the people and step down otherwise he will be at his “own peril”.
On Saturday, Zimbabweans in Namibia, joined their countrymen back home and marched through the streets of Windhoek to show their support for the military action taken in their country and to demand that Mugabe step down by yesterday.
The diaspora in the region were urged to march in their respective cities and towns on Saturday.
“Mugabe leave Zimbabwe now”, “Enough is enough”, “Freed at last”, “We are in full support of our army,” were just some of the posters that the crowd displayed while they marched to the Zimbabwean High Commission to hand over a petition.
According to the petition, Mugabe has done enough damage to Zimbabwe and killed too many dreams and people.
“We wish to start a new chapter on 19 November without you at the helm or in the country, if it is your wish. We hope for the sake of peace and for Zimbabweans, you will consider our request seriously and do the noble thing.”
The Zimbabweans said in the petition that should Mugabe stay in power beyond 19 November it would be against the will of the people of Zimbabwe and at his own peril.
SADC, the AU and the UN were also warned that if they take any action it will be against the Zimbabwean army and all Zimbabwean civilians both in and outside the country.
A further appeal was made to President Hage Geingob and SADC to encourage Mugabe to listen to the people of Zimbabwe and to step down peacefully.
According to the petition, the Zimbabwean Defence force is made up of Zimbabweans and the army takeover, although not ideal, is fixing the problems of Zimbabweans.
The Zimbabweans said they are in full support of the army stepping in and that they should have done this many years ago. Addressing SADC the petition states that while it gathers in Botswana to discuss Zimbabwe that there is no need at this time for SADC to do anything, but let it be business as usual.
“…please drink your tea and eat biscuits and watch your TVs the same way you did for 37 years. We speak for many people when we say we hoped and prayed for this day for very long and now that it is here do not mess it up for us. If you love Mugabe so much you can have him all to yourselves. We will even throw in a 50-something year-old lady as a bonus.”
ELLANIE SMIT
The diaspora in the region were urged to march in their respective cities and towns on Saturday.
“Mugabe leave Zimbabwe now”, “Enough is enough”, “Freed at last”, “We are in full support of our army,” were just some of the posters that the crowd displayed while they marched to the Zimbabwean High Commission to hand over a petition.
According to the petition, Mugabe has done enough damage to Zimbabwe and killed too many dreams and people.
“We wish to start a new chapter on 19 November without you at the helm or in the country, if it is your wish. We hope for the sake of peace and for Zimbabweans, you will consider our request seriously and do the noble thing.”
The Zimbabweans said in the petition that should Mugabe stay in power beyond 19 November it would be against the will of the people of Zimbabwe and at his own peril.
SADC, the AU and the UN were also warned that if they take any action it will be against the Zimbabwean army and all Zimbabwean civilians both in and outside the country.
A further appeal was made to President Hage Geingob and SADC to encourage Mugabe to listen to the people of Zimbabwe and to step down peacefully.
According to the petition, the Zimbabwean Defence force is made up of Zimbabweans and the army takeover, although not ideal, is fixing the problems of Zimbabweans.
The Zimbabweans said they are in full support of the army stepping in and that they should have done this many years ago. Addressing SADC the petition states that while it gathers in Botswana to discuss Zimbabwe that there is no need at this time for SADC to do anything, but let it be business as usual.
“…please drink your tea and eat biscuits and watch your TVs the same way you did for 37 years. We speak for many people when we say we hoped and prayed for this day for very long and now that it is here do not mess it up for us. If you love Mugabe so much you can have him all to yourselves. We will even throw in a 50-something year-old lady as a bonus.”
ELLANIE SMIT
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