Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa today said that the country "has moved on" in response to claims by former president Robert Mugabe that he was ousted in an illegal "coup d'etat".
Mnangwa added in a short statement that he "noted recent remarks made to the media" by Mugabe who spoke to foreign journalists at a location in Harare yesterday. It was Mugabe's first public statement since his resignation in November.
"I say it was a coup d'etat -- some people have refused to call it a coup d'etat," Mugabe told South Africa's SABC broadcaster, referring to the brief army takeover which led to Mnangagwa assuming power after Mugabe's resignation.
"We must undo this disgrace which we have imposed on ourselves, we don't deserve it... Zimbabwe doesn't deserve it."