Chissano calls on Mugabe to step down

Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano told a journalists workshop in South Africa on Wednesday that former liberation fighters like Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (88) should hand over reigns to a younger generation of politicians.

Chissano,  a founding member of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique said, "I think that if there are any who are doing that, it is because what they should do is to educate the new generation on the values of the liberation struggle which they want attained," said Chissano.

"In my country, this may not apply because if you go to the cabinet of the present government, you will find three people who fought in the liberation struggle. All the other ministers and their deputy ministers didn't fight in the liberation struggle.

"Imagine the type of brains that we now have. So the ability of liberation movements to transfer the values to the new generation is very important. This is empowering the citizens who come from different places.

"Things have evolved over the years; we now have cellphones, microphones, iPads, etc –– all these things have made us all evolve. We cannot act on reference of how we acted 10 years ago. You also have to take into consideration the changes in the world."

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