President Mugabe (R) greets his suppoters on his arrival at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, on June 20, 2007. President Mugabe said people should not reverse what was brought by the gun with a pen and that "only God" could remove him from office, in comments ahead of June 27 tense run-off election.
BULAWAY0 - President Robert Mugabe yesterday said only God would remove him from power.
He vowed yet again that he will never hand power over to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) even if he loses the second round presidential next Friday.
Speaking at a meeting with leading members of Bulawayo’s business community in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Friday morning, Mugabe cited Romans Chapter 13 in the Bible to make his point that he was appointed President by God and only God would remove him from office.
He vowed yet again that he will never hand power over to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) even if he loses the second round presidential next Friday.
Speaking at a meeting with leading members of Bulawayo’s business community in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Friday morning, Mugabe cited Romans Chapter 13 in the Bible to make his point that he was appointed President by God and only God would remove him from office.
“The MDC will never be allowed to rule this country,” Mugabe thundered before businessmen attending the meeting held in the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel. “Never, ever will that happen in my lifetime. Only God who appointed me will remove me from power and not the MDC and the British.
“Even Romans 13 says leaders are appointed by God. I am an image of God who appointed me to my current position.”
President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters at a rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20, 2008. Mugabe who faces Morgan Tsvangirai in a run off election set for June 27 warned Zimbabweans not to vote for the opposition as this would bring back the country to the white minority.
An unidentified man carries a sick person to the clinic in a wheelbarrow near President Robert Mugabe's rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: A shopper displays a five hundred million dollar Zimbabwaen bank note June 29, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. With the economy in free fall and with the highest inflation rate in the world, the Zimbabwaen government is contantly printing new currency to keep up. As of June 20, 2008, the currency was trading at about $1 USD to about 7 billion Zimbabwaen dollars.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: A shopper looks towards his change after paying 3 billion Zimbabwaen dollars for a head of cabbage June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: An activist for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change grimaces as his dislocated shoulder is put back into its socket June 20, 2008 at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He said that he was attacked the night before by a group of youth from the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe. International observers and human rights groups have accused the Mugabe regime of widespread intimidation and violence ahead of the upcoming presidential runoff vote scheduled for June 27.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: Fredrick Shaba, a local official for the Zimbabwaen opposition party Movement for Democratic Change is treated for stab wounds June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Shaba said that he was attacked the previous night by about a dozen members of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: Fredrick Shaba, a local official for the Zimbabwaen opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, sits in a hospital after being treated for stab wounds June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
“Even Romans 13 says leaders are appointed by God. I am an image of God who appointed me to my current position.”
President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters at a rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20, 2008. Mugabe who faces Morgan Tsvangirai in a run off election set for June 27 warned Zimbabweans not to vote for the opposition as this would bring back the country to the white minority.
An unidentified man carries a sick person to the clinic in a wheelbarrow near President Robert Mugabe's rally in Bulawayo, Friday, June, 20.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: A shopper displays a five hundred million dollar Zimbabwaen bank note June 29, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. With the economy in free fall and with the highest inflation rate in the world, the Zimbabwaen government is contantly printing new currency to keep up. As of June 20, 2008, the currency was trading at about $1 USD to about 7 billion Zimbabwaen dollars.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: A shopper looks towards his change after paying 3 billion Zimbabwaen dollars for a head of cabbage June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: An activist for the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change grimaces as his dislocated shoulder is put back into its socket June 20, 2008 at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He said that he was attacked the night before by a group of youth from the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe. International observers and human rights groups have accused the Mugabe regime of widespread intimidation and violence ahead of the upcoming presidential runoff vote scheduled for June 27.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: Fredrick Shaba, a local official for the Zimbabwaen opposition party Movement for Democratic Change is treated for stab wounds June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Shaba said that he was attacked the previous night by about a dozen members of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE - JUNE 20: Fredrick Shaba, a local official for the Zimbabwaen opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, sits in a hospital after being treated for stab wounds June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
0 comments:
Post a Comment