WashingtonPost
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Thousands gathered in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to support President Robert Mugabe, with speakers calling for him to rule for life.
On buses, trains, trucks and by foot, Mugabe’s supporters traveled to the capital, Harare, for the rally.
Speakers said 92-year-old Mugabe should rule until he dies. His wife, Grace, went a step further and described how she would like to see him rule from the grave, prompting wild cheers from the crowd.
“He is irreplaceable,” Grace Mugabe said before the president took to the podium, where he accused some party officials of leaking information that slandered his wife and criticized people who say he should quit.
“They say I must go. Why do they want me to retire?” Mugabe said in a speech lasting more than one hour. “They are afraid of me.”
On buses, trains, trucks and by foot, Mugabe’s supporters traveled to the capital, Harare, for the rally.
Speakers said 92-year-old Mugabe should rule until he dies. His wife, Grace, went a step further and described how she would like to see him rule from the grave, prompting wild cheers from the crowd.
“He is irreplaceable,” Grace Mugabe said before the president took to the podium, where he accused some party officials of leaking information that slandered his wife and criticized people who say he should quit.
“They say I must go. Why do they want me to retire?” Mugabe said in a speech lasting more than one hour. “They are afraid of me.”
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