By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau |
George Charamba, President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson, has hinted that his boss could decree a state of emergency in response to recent citizen protests.
Charamba, writing as Nathaniel Manheru, is the author of a weekly column in the government controlled Herald newspaper in which the implied threat of a state of emergency was made last Saturday.
He said recent events had brought Zimbabwe to a critical point and implied government would take a tough stance against perceived enemies while damning the international community.
“The line has been crossed. From now onwards, it shall be another country. This caring world can go hang. We have a country to protect. And govern. After all, we have hit the bottom. We can’t fall,” Manheru wrote.
He urged the government to crush future protests as Syrian president, Bashar Hafez al Assad, recently did as a way of “saving” Zimbabwe.
“Assad moved in decisively to crush it . . . Assad may have lost peace, lost development, but saved a country . . . and don’t waste time to decide is to govern, unless you want to capitulate anarchy disguised as democracy,” he wrote.
Since July, Zimbabwe has been rocked by popular protests as citizens demand Mugabe’s exit over failed leadership.
Police have maintained a heavy presence in Harare following violent clashes on Friday. Nehanda Radio
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