{{Zimbabwe’s First Lady, Grace Mugabe has vowed that President Robert Mugabe will not step down anytime soon as campaigns for the country’s July 31 elections gained momentum.}}
The 47 year-old former secretary of the 90 year-old leader has hit the campaign trail with her husband who is seeking to defy age and lend another five years in office.
“I want to repeat what I said in 2008,” Mrs Mugabe told a rally at a rural business centre about 80 kilometres from Harare on Thursday.
“I said there is no vacancy at State House.
“We are there at State House full time and I know this because you have confidence in your leader and you want him to remain at State House.”
In 2008, President Mugabe lost the first round of the presidential elections to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The results of the elections were withheld for three weeks before a runoff poll was called.
However, Mr Tsvangirai was forced to withdraw from the poll after suspected state security agents unleashed violence against his supporters.
The international community rejected the results of the one man poll and this forced President Mugabe to form a coalition with his former arch rival.
NMG
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