Mugabe preaches democracy at Heroes day celebration

Zimbabwe president, Robert Mugabe, has asked persons seeking political power to do so through the ballot box and not through violent demonstrations.

The 92-year old leader was speaking in his annual National Heroes Day speech honouring guerrillas who died in the country’s war of independence in the 1970s.

‘‘If you want to remove the government, wait for elections, not violent demonstrations, that is what democracy dictates,’‘ Mugabe is quoted to have said.

Lord! Is that man for real? How many years have the people of Zimbabwe been voting and electing new presidents just for him to go and change the rules on them at the last minute. They have tried elections, so now it's time for a different tactic!