The EFF has thrown its weight behind the military in
troubled Zimbabwe by calling for a peaceful transition of power and for South
Africa to offer President Robert Mugabe political
asylum.
"President
Mugabe cannot insist on remaining in power even when he is physically incapable
of doing so," said the firebrand political party in a statement.
It
said that it was high time the southern African country "transits to a
post-Mugabe era", adding that "all progressive forces all over the
world should support the transition".
The Zimbabwe army, in an unprecedented move,
intervened in the country’s political crisis, following an outcry over the
ousting of VP Emmerson Mnangagwa, and attempts to force Grace Mugabe to lead
the country.
Mugabe
and his family have been placed under military guard as the army also took over
the state broadcaster earlier, in what many have described as a coup.
The EFF was of the view that the
military must be "encouraged to lead a non-violent transition which will
culminate in free, fair and democratic elections, and which will in the process
respect the autonomy of the judiciary", said spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.
"The ZDF (Zimbabwean Defence Force) should make
sure that there is no loss of life during the transition, but should decisively
suppress agent provocateurs who will try to undermine the long overdue
transition."
The
EFF has been calling for Mugabe to step down for over a year, with its leader
Julius Malema pleading with Mugabe to step down during a memorial it held in
honour of late Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
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