Posted on 05/22/2013 11:34:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday signed into law a new constitution and vowed to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.
Mugabe said the new constitution, including democratic reforms and was unanimously accepted in a March referendum, has shown that Zimbabweans are united regardless of political affiliation and was achieved without outside interference. …
The new constitution limits the presidency to two five-year terms but is not retroactive, allowing Mugabe, 89, to run against Tsvangirai, 60, for two more five-year terms, enabling him to rule to age 99 if he wins. …
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Generals have vowed their allegiance to Mugabe and have declared they will not recognize Tsvangirai if he is elected as the next president because he did not take part in the guerilla war that end white-minority Rhodesian rule and swept Mugabe to power in 1980. …Another chapter in Carter’s disastrous rule.
LOL a 90 year old turd limiting himself to just two more terms.
It took Obama 30 years to take Carter’s place.
And all the generals on his side, too. A real junta if ever one existed. Thanks again, Jimmy Carter.
Does it say anything about stealing farms from those who built them up and giving them to indolents who are running them down?
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