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Mugabe will not back own party

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ROBERT Mugabe has made a surprise interventi­on ahead of today’s Zimbabwe elections, saying he will turn his back on the party he founded.

Appearing for the first time since being deposed in November, the 94-year-old yesterday spoke with bitterness at his removal after 37 years in power. The cofounder of the Zanu-PF party said he was backing the opposition, telling a press conference: ‘I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power.’

Zanu-PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, who took over from Mugabe as president, faces lawyer and pastor Nelson Chamisa, 40, leader of the MDC Alliance.

 ??  ?? Bitter: robert mugabe yesterday
Bitter: robert mugabe yesterday

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