VIVA Zimbabwe founder, Acie Lumumba, who is accused of undermining President Robert Mugabe’s authority, yesterday accused the State of concentrating on a single area of his remarks, thereby distorting his utterances.
BY MARY TARUVINGA
Lumumba, real name William Gerald Mutumanje, said the State was just sticking on the part where he said “Robert Mugabe f*** you”.
He made the remarks during cross-examination by prosecutor Oscar Madhume following submission of his Constitutional Court referral application last week.
“The part was said in the context of a full statement and was an expression, not an insult, but you are choosing to stick to four words distorting what I am alleged to have said,” he said.
The State alleges Lumumba is quoted to have said: “Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe f*** you, I’m drawing the red line, our kids are in trouble so it’s a red line. I know my name is Lumumba Lumumba, Lumumba.”
The State also alleges he further said: “I’m someone’s child, a war veteran’s child. Touch me, you can touch me, but I hope you live long because God forbid, if something happens and you leave, your kids will be touched too.”
He described the words “f*** you” as a strong term saying there was no literal way of explaining it.
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“It means disdain, unpleasantly and it was political drama. It meant I do not approve the way Mugabe is running the country,” he said.
Magistrate Vakai Chikwekwe is expected to deliver his ruling tomorrow.
