President Mugabe’s wife says he would still be voter’s choice even after he dies
Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said her husband would still be the voters’ choice even after he dies.
Mrs Mugabe while addressing supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party ratcheted up her colourful rhetoric ahead of the general election due next year.
“One day when God decides that Mugabe dies, we will have his corpse appear as a candidate on the ballot paper,” Grace Mugabe told a party rally in Buhera, southeast of the capital Harare.
“You will see people voting for Mugabe as a corpse. I am seriously telling you — just to show people how people love their president.”
President Mugabe who turns 92 on Tuesday has vowed to stand again in the election but his wife is seen as a possible successor in case he dies before the vote.
Mrs Mugabe is well known for her fiery speeches and verbal attacks on her husband’s opponents. She has previously pledged to push Mugabe in his wheelchair to election rallies if needed.
The nonagenarian who has been in power since his country’s independence has avoided naming a successor and his party is divided between factions jostling to succeed him.
Grace bemoaned the in-fighting, telling those seeking to succeed her husband: “Let’s not fool each other, let’s wait for God’s time.”
