By Staff Reporter
EXILED ex-minister Saviour Kasukuwere has raised concern over his security in Zimbabwe as he interns to come back ‘home’ and campaign ahead of the August 23 general elections.
Kasukuwere who was linked to the late former President Mugabe and G40, a faction within ZANU PF, fled to South Africa following the military coup that ousted Mugabe.
He faced criminal charges which the High Court later dismissed.
Kasukuwere filed his nomination papers for his candidature to run as for presidency on Wednesday in absentia.
Addressing the media at a press conference in South Africa Thursday, the former cabinet Minister said he will be engaging relevant authorities to ensure his safety.
Kasukuwere said he tested the waters to see if he would be safe to come back by pretending like he was going to Zimbabwe on Monday.
“Yes we have to take security issues into consideration. You do not board a plane as passenger 34 and just rock up without doing some preparatory work. We did that to see the reaction and very interesting results came our way,” he said.
He added, “But we trust that now we are in the election period. You can not weaponize institutions against your opponents. I am sure this is an election that everyone wants to proceed smoothly so that the outcome is not contested,”
Kasukuwere said Emmerson Mnangagwa was just a caretaker President and has no right to arrest him.
“Now what we have in Zimbabwe is a caretaker president, we are all equal now. The only day that will have a difference between myself,Mnangagwa and Chamisa is after 23 August after counting and somebody has emerged, then we can start arresting each other if we want to arrest people.
“But the game is not about arresting each other. Lets go to the ground and campaign. Lets tell people what we can do,” he said.
He added: “We want our country to be back on an international stage and we the participants and contestants are all able to say this was a good election with a good fight and at the end of the day we are all brothers and sisters.
“So we are concerned and we will be raising these issues with relevant institutions, it is important that every contestant is protected and secure.”
