Zimbabwe says it won’t yield to demands by a prominent British opposition MP for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to step down.
Labour MP Kate Hoey has said Mr. Chiwenga’s removal as vice president and defence minister should be “the very minimum” for Britain, the US and the EU to change their policies on Zimbabwe.
In response Zimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo said Kate Hoey is a member of parliament in Britain and she has her liberty and freedom of expression, but that does not mean that is the official position of Britain.
Mr. Chiwenga, a former defence forces commander, led the November army operation that ousted Robert Mugabe.
He was made vice president by Mr Mugabe’s successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Critics claim Mr.Chiwenga, who is also defence minister, was responsible for the August 1 army crackdown on opposition protests that saw six civilians shot dead in central Harare.
