MDC-T spokesman, Nelson Chamisa has lashed out at Zanu PF officials Professor Jonathan Moyo and Gabriel Chaibva, describing the pair as “certifiable idiots”.
Professor Moyo and Chaibva led calls for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to resign from government and face possible charges for treason following allegations made in the leaked communications from the United States’ Harare embassy.
Cables leaked by whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks, suggest the MDC-T leader privately urged Western countries to maintain sanctions against Zimbabwe while publicly appearing to back their removal.
"There are only two things that could happen in any civilised democracy, for him to resign not just from Government but public life altogether. He must also be prosecuted for a litany of treasonous acts against the State,” Moyo was reported as saying at the weekend
However, Chamisa said his boss was focusing on important matters of state and would not be not be distracted from his duties by the calls for his resignation and arrest for alleged “treasonous offences”.
“There are pressing issues in the country as we prepare for elections. We can’t allow ourselves to chase shadows and shoot at straws. Tsvangirai wants Zimbabwe to be free and democratic and nothing can distract him from that goal,” Chamisa said
He added that the Wikileaks revelations were merely “wikilies” with neither basis nor credibility.
Meanwhile, another Zanu PF official, politburo member Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has also weighed in describing the Wikileaks revelations as proof of “treasonable acts”.
“Wikileaks cables are nothing but a major revelation of treasonable acts, which should not be taken lightly by a sovereign state and its people,” he said.
Ndlovu added that the Wikileaks cables also prove what Western imperialists have sought to achieve since the country attained independence.
“Since 1980, when the country gained its independence, America and Britain have never put to rest their agenda of toppling Zimbabwe’s democratically elected Government.
“The Wikileaks cables confirm what we learnt during the armed struggle about imperialists’ infiltration and the use of counter-revolutionaries through embassies in different countries,” he said.