Again the people of Zimbabwean chose Robert Mugabe as their leader.
Mugabe was inaugurated last week Thursday.
It came as no surprise that Mugabe delivered a searing rebuke of Western countries, again.
This is now Mugabe’s fourth decade in power and maybe this time we’ll see a change within the country?
Seems foolish to continue to do the same thing and expect something different to happen, but this is exactly what Zimbabweans have done.
Or is it a case of better the devil you know….?
In a classically bold speech, Mugabe, who was sworn in for another five-year term at the age of 89, dismissed charges of voting fraud.
Mugabe also vowed to press ahead with black ownership of white and foreign-owned companies and attacked homosexuals.
He took the oath of office at a 60 thousand-seat sports stadium filled almost to capacity.
Four leading fast food chains delivered fried chicken portions, chips and fizzy drinks in take-out packages after receiving orders for 80 thousand portions.
Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980, signed a declaration pledging to protect the rights of the people and promised to ensure “durable peace” in Zimbabwe, which has been plagued by political and economic turmoil in recent years.
According to the main opposition party (Movement for Democratic Change) it was a robber’s party and they did not attend the event.
Zimbabwe’s state election panel said Mugabe won a landslide victory in the July 31 elections with 61 percent of the presidential vote.
Although it seems impossible that things could change for the better, let’s hope and pray that it does, by some miracle.
