{{Zimbabwe President says the West’s refusal to accept the results of the July harmonised elections had nothing to do with credibility of the polls, but personal dislike of the person of Robert Mugabe and his pro-people policies. Speaking to journalists on after arrival at Kamuzu International Airport in Malawi yesterday, President Mugabe said he was happy to be in Lilongwe as Zimbabwe was a friend of Malawi.}}
“The West wants to think for us and take decisions for us and give us direction. What we decide as the correct course, they will not agree with us unless the decision serves their interests.
“In this case it is Robert Mugabe they don’t like, who is a Zimbabwean, an Africa and also friend of Malawi,’’ he said.
President Mugabe said he was in Malawi for the routine Sadc meeting to put heads together with other leaders to move the regional bloc forward.
“We have come to Sadc, it’s our ordinary meeting held once a year. We come to review decisions made in previous meetings and where necessary, make new decisions.
“In this meeting we are reviewing decisions made last year and charting the way forward and also to bestow the burden of holding the organisation together on Malawi. President Banda becomes our new person for the next year.’’
Zimbabwe held widely-hailed harmonised elections on July 31 that saw President Mugabe romping to victory with 61,09% of the vote to MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai’s 33,94%.
Zanu-PF clinched 160 seats out of the 210 National Assembly constituencies to give the revolutionary party a crushing 76% dominance in the Lower House.
After factoring in 60 women’s quota seats elected by proportional representation of six for each of the 10 provinces, the final composition of the 270-member National Assembly comes to 197 seats for Zanu-PF, 70 for MDC-T, two for MDC, and one independent, giving Zanu-PF just under 73% of the total seats in the National Assembly, but well over the two thirds majority of 180 seats.
{Herald}
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