Zimbabwe's Mugabe warns to punish Western firms in protest of decade-old sanctions (2)

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Zimbabwe's Mugabe warns to punish Western firms in protest of decade-old sanctions (2)

(Xinhua) 08:07, August 26, 2013

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Supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe rally as the president speaks on Aug. 25 in Harare. Mugabe warned on Sunday to punish Western firms in protest of decade-old sanctions at the funeral of a corporate leader, retired air commodore Mike Karakadzai. (Xinhua/Stringer)

Mugabe said Zimbabwe had endured enough of Western sanctions and would never seek ideas from London or Washington. "We have had enough, and enough is enough," he said.

He slammed opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, his fierce rival in last month's elections, as an ignorant person who continued to worship white people and received wrong advice from them, one of which was his push for security sector reforms before elections.

Mugabe also rebuked residents of the capital Harare and the second largest city of Bulawayo for voting overwhelmingly for Tsvangirai's party in the just ended national elections.

The opposition party won the majority of parliamentary and council seats in the two cities.

He also criticized people that are against the deployment of ex- military officers in state institutions. The late Karakadzai, who was the general manager of the National Railways of Zimbabwe, was a retired air commodore in the Zimbabwe National Army.

Mugabe's government has in recent years appointed several ex- military officers to head state institutions.

Mugabe said there was nothing wrong in appointing ex-military officers whom he described as role models "of valor, patriotism, honesty, industriousness and high levels of discipline."

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