African Union chairperson Robert Mugabe, is pushing for member states to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he and his cabal are ideal candidates for prosecution, a former cabinet minister has said.
Former state enterprises minister Gorden Moyo told a public meeting in Bulawayo that Mugabe was leading African dictators who were pushing for a total pull-out so as to avoid prosecution.
The meeting was organised by Bulawayo Agenda held under the theme, “Justice or Impediment Agenda? An appraisal of International Criminal Court: Role and Implications of African Union Pull-out
Said Moyo: “Why is Mugabe and others really pushing for the pull-out?
“Robert Mugabe and his cabal are ideal candidates for international criminal prosecution and that is why he has sent Phelekezela Mphoko to go around the country preaching to people that there was no Gukurahundi.
Gukurahundi refers to the attempted genocide of the Ndebele, allegedly by Mugabe’s 5th Brigade, soon after Zimbabwe gained independence in the 1980s. The massacre saw the alleged killing of at least 20 000 people…
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