Britain and its allies should stop commenting on Zimbabwean issues because the country is no longer under colonial rule, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said. Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at rallies in Rushinga, Centenary and Mahuwe in Mashonaland Central on Wednesday, Mugabe said Zimbabwe was facing economic hardships because of some Zimbabweans who accepted exploitation by the British, The Herald reported on Thursday.
"We are now an independent country and no longer under British colonial rule. Zimbabwe is now for the black people," he said.
The President said whites were angered when the government reclaimed land and allocated it to blacks who were overcrowded in infertile rural areas.
The whites, he said, realized that they had been overpowered and decided to employ the new tactics of establishing puppet governments.
"They (British) then sought an organization that was constantly quarrelling with the government. They found ZCTU, then led by Tsvangirai," he said, adding that the British even raised funds to support such puppet parties and governments. he said.
Mugabe was responding to calls from the West that Zimbabwe postpones the scheduled June 27 presidential run-off.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who had been expected to pit against ZANU-PF candidate President Robert Mugabe in the election, announced Sunday his withdrawal from the race, saying political violence and intimidation made the run-off difficult to be a free and fair poll.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said on Wednesday the presidential run-off set for June 27 is still on, dismissing Tsvangirai's withdrawal from the race.
ZEC Chairperson Justice George Chiweshe told journalists that it was too late for MDC leader to pull out of the election.
Chiweshe said the commission met earlier in the day to deliberate on the issue, following the submission of the withdrawal letter by Tsvangirai on Tuesday.
Source:Xinhua
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