President Mugabe addresses Service Chiefs and War Veterans

Author:
Zimpapers
Publisher:
Zimpapers
Publication Date:
2 December 2014
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Governance

While addressing service chiefs and the new leadership of the war veterans association at the Zanu PF headquarters President Mugabe made a telling "Freudian slip" of the tongue when he said Tsvangirai had garnered 73 percent of the vote. Before Mugabe could mention his own percentage, dozens of loyalists in the room interjected shouting 47%, 47%, 47%. Mugabe promptly took the cue and said Tsvangirai had garnered 47 percent while he got 43 percent of the vote.

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