Kariba cleric Pastor Patrick Mugadza the man who recently spent 55 days at Harare Remand Prison before trial, has said that President Mugabe should not name his own successor as Zimbabwe is a democratic country. Mugadza said that the people have to make their choice because Zimbabwe is not a kingdom or chieftainship.
Speaking to the Daily News, Mugadza said:
I am so much in disagreement with the idea that he has got to name a successor; this is not a chieftainship. We are not a kingdom in any way, so there is no way we can say somebody has to name a successor, for what? Where does that leave the people, if somebody, an individual has got the mandate to name a leader who is going to be leading people? It doesn’t work like that, people have got to be given their chance, people have to do what they are supposed to be doing.
Mugabe says we are a democratic country. It should not be a prerogative of one person to say that so and so must be taking over from me, it doesn’t make sense, who are you?
It’s not on, we are propping him up to think that he is some guy from some universe such that he can name his successor. He should not and he cannot name his successor, people have got to make a choice.
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