Zimbabwean Mugabe emerges, rejects Mnangagwa in elections

He added, "Whoever wins, we wish him good luck … and accept the verdict."

Many in Zimbabwe knew no other leader than Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years after the independence of the white minority What started with optimism was collapsed in the crackdown on opposition, so-called rigging, violent land grabbing by white farmers and years of international sanctions.

The nation of southern Africa hopes that a credible vote on Monday could get these sanctions lifted and bring the necessary investment for a collapsed economy. Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe confidant, tried to rebuild himself as a voice for reform, promising a free and fair vote.

Mugabe defended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission after Chamisa and the opposition feared the vote would be flawed. He was acting very freely. "And in a breathtaking statement, he baderted that his long stay in power had not been disturbed:" It is not the army that has me. " badured of staying in power. "

He blamed "wicked and evil characters" for his resignation – thousands of people in the capital, Harare, and elsewhere. "I was stupid to have him. by my side, "he said about Mnangagwa, whom he accused of complicity with the military leader in provoking a" coup d'etat ".

Mugabe resigned to avoid "Bloodshed" woman, Grace, who seemed to be positioning herself for the presidency a few months ago: "Leave, leave, leave my wife alone."

The e x-head of Zimbabwe, who seemed to have let his hair go gray, spent the last question pondering his legacy, reminding people of his years of imprisonment during the struggle for liberation of the country and his work to raise the standards of life. literacy and education. "I tried to do my best," he said, as reporters began to move away.

While Mugabe, who has been silent in his home in Harare since his departure, has spoken extensively about the past, Zimbabweans are already impatient. the future – and Monday's vote.