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(NEWZIMBABWE) Malawi leader, Tsvangirai blast ‘primitive’ CIO

Malawi leader, Tsvangirai blast ‘primitive’ CIO
05/08/2012 00:00:00
by Staff Reporter

MALAWIAN President Joyce Banda was nearly duped into a non-existent state visit to Zimbabwe after Harare’s intelligence organs allegedly crafted a fake invitation letter, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office has claimed. The sensational allegations were made at a meeting between Tsvangirai and Banda in South Africa on the sidelines of a book launch.

“The minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jameson Timba, briefed both PM Tsvangirai and President Banda about a forged invitation letter to the Malawi president purportedly coming from the Prime Minister's office in Harare,” a statement from Tsvangirai’s office reads.

Banda, in response, described the foiled attempt as “primitive politics”.
Tsvangirai said he had felt compelled to enter into opposition politics 13 years ago to put an end to such primitive politics.

Addressing delegates at the launch of Africa’s Third Liberation, a book written by Geoff Hurst and Greg Mills, the Zimbabwean PM said most of Africa’s liberators had betrayed the ideals of the fight against colonialism.

[So said the miner from Anglo-American De Beers. - MrK]

“They (Africa’s liberators) went into office without a plan and today, the new crop of African leaders has to deal with the economy to provide jobs to the millions of our young people,” he said.

[Did they also make it into office 'without a plan'? Not everyone is as stupid as you, PM Tsvangirai. - MrK]

Banda told the gathering that Africa should concentrate on economic development rather than the failed policies of the past.

[Except the policies of the past worked, unlike austerity and ending farm subsidies. - MrK]

Tsvangirai often accuses his country's Central Intelligence Organisation, which has close links with President Robert Mugabe, of trying to sabotage his political career.

[There is no need for the CIO to sabotage Morgan Tsvangirai's political career, he is doing so without assistance. - MrK]

The intelligence outfit would conceivably want to embarrass President Banda for her perceived closeness to Tsvangirai.

[Hypothetically. Where's the proof. Did the MDC think of this themselves as a publicity stunt? - MrK]

The Malawian leader who took over after President Mugabe’s late ally Bingu wa Mutharika died has been attacked by Zimbabwe’s state media for being too pro-West.

[President Bingu wa Mutharika was not 'an ally', he just didn't join in with the economic sanctions and the isolation of Zimbabwe, something that Joyce Banda has reversed. - MrK]

Labels: JOYCE BANDA, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, PROPAGANDA

posted by MrK @ 6:55 PM