Zimbabwe: MDC-T Challenges New Military Chief Over Elections

22 December 2017

DEFENCE Forces commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, must make a public pronouncement affirming that the country's security services will respect the will of the people in next year's general elections, the opposition MDC-T has demanded.

In a statement in response to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (SONA), MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu said belligerent talk from people like top presidential advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa who also leads the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association has not helped matters.

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