Opposition political parties have accused President Mugabe of running the country’s affairs from a hospital bed. This follows the President’ s latest trip to Singapore for what the government termed a routine medical checkup.
MDC-T spokesperson, Obert Gutu, told online publication NewZimbabwe,
President Mugabe should simply retire and concentrate on resting after several decades in active politics.
He (Mugabe) is no longer a young man and the punishing schedule that he gives himself isn’t good for his physical, mental and emotional health.
These frequent visits to Singapore serve to confirm that his health is now in need of constant care and monitoring. Mugabe should immediately step aside and allow Zimbabwe to move forward under a new leader.
People Democratic Party spokesperson, Jacob Mafume added:
It is so regular that the (newspaper) headlines should have been ‘President gone back home’. It (Singapore) is literally his home now; we are a shame as a nation. We have failed to retire this old man.
The country is stagnant today because the Zanu President is running the show from his hospital bed.
Elections in Zimbabwe are now an urgent issue for the country to move forward band we cannot continue like this and expect the country’s early discharge from the Intensive Care Unit any time soon.
More: New Zimbabwe