Zimbabwe Troops Told to Support Robert Mugabe or Quit

Zimbabwe’s military generals have told their troops that if they don’t support current president Robert Mugabe in the June run-off election against Movement for Democratic Change candidate Morgan Tsvangirai then they should remove they should quit.

According to chief-of-staff Maj Gen Martin Chedondo the soldiers had agreed to support ZANU-PF leader Mugabe when they signed up for service and he told them, “If you have other thoughts, then you should remove that uniform.”

Chedondo was speaking at a target-shooting competition outside Harare when he told the troops, “"Soldiers are not apolitical; only mercenaries are apolitical. We should therefore stand behind our commander-in-chief.”

Mugabe is in a tight race with Tsvangirai who still believes he won a majority of votes in the March 29 election. Tsvangirai recently returned to Zimbabwe after nearly six weeks outside of the country due to safety precautions. The MDC leader has since stepped up his campaign and is looking to unseat Mugabe in the June 27 run-off.

Mugabe has held power since 1980 when he led Zimbabwe to independence.

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