Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe made a speech blunder on Tuesday during the opening of the third session of the eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
Instead of reading the parliamentary opening speech, Mugabe re-read his State of the Nation Address, which he delivered in late August.<\/p>\n
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba acknowledged the blunder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has been a mix-up of speeches resulting in a situation where his Excellency, the President, delivered the wrong speech,\u201dCharamba said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mix-up happened in his secretarial office, therefore the delivery in Parliament should be set aside. The error is sincerely regretted and corrective measures are being considered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last December, Mugabe shocked more than 12,000 delegates at the Zanu PF congress held in the capital when he unwittingly denounced his own party.<\/p>\n
More often during rallies and political gatherings, Zanu PF officials usually denounce the main opposition party led by Morgan Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change.<\/p>\n
But instead, Mugabe said then: \u201cPasi neZanu PF\u201d, which means \u201cDown with Zanu PF\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier opposition leader Simba Makoni alleged that the Mossad had been hired by President Robert Mugabe to ensure he won by computerized rigging of the vote. <\/p>\n
Ibbo Mandaza, a senior member of Makoni’s campaign team, told the Mail & Guardian that the voters’ roll had been manipulated to favor the ruling ZANU-PF and that the format of the voter’s roll was devised by the Mossad on instructions from the Zimbabwean government. <\/p>\n
Information technology expert Valentine Sinemane told the South African newspaper that the electronic version of the voters’ roll, sold to the opposition by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for $2,400, was compiled by an Israeli company named Nirkuv Projects. <\/p>\n
Mandaza said that ZANU-PF asked for Mossad help because of the intelligence agency’s experience with elections in other countries. “They have expertise in vote-rigging. Also, Mossad is looking for any kind of support and alliances and therefore Zimbabwe is the obvious target,” he said. <\/p>\n
He said that the opposition was aware that Mossad had been active in Zimbabwe recently. Six Mossad agents arrived in Harare and held top-secret meetings with government officials involved in state security before the election.<\/p>\n
Source: ANA\/M&G<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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