Mugabe accuses Moyo of plot
23/03/2005 22:04  - (SA)  

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Tsholotsho - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is on the campaign trail ahead of next week's parliamentary polls, accused former information minister Jonathan Moyoon Wednesday of plotting a military coup to unseat him.

Addressing ruling-party supporters in Tsholotsho, Moyo's home village, Mugabe queried why his former protege sought a meeting with army commander Phillip Sibanda last month.

"What did he want from Sibanda?" Mugabe asked, addressing his supporters in the constituency where Moyo is contesting March 31 parliamentary elections as an independent candidate.

"Did he want him to stage a coup in his favour?" Zimbabwe's long-time leader asked of Moyo, the architect of the country's tough media laws.

Mugabe said Moyo remained quiet when he quizzed him on the alleged coup at a meeting on February 17 where Mugabe and vice-president Joyce Mujuru tried to persuade Moyo not to stand as an independent.

Moyo decided last month to register to contest the elections as an independent after the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) suspended him for attending an unsanctioned meeting in Tsholotsho, about 570km west of the capital, Harare.

Mugabe dismissed the 48-year-old Moyo on February 19 after his decision to stand as an independent in the polls, which will be closely watched as a test of Zimbabwe's commitment to hold a free and fair vote.

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