The ZANU PF party has embarked on a massive campaign to convince Southern African and western nations, to allow a Chinese arms ship to dock, so as to unload weapons destined for Zimbabwe- acquired by the ruling party.

South Africa Demostrators Against Arms Shipment To Zimbabwe.

The vocal turned Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Minister, Patrick Chinamasa early this week, confirmed the arms on the ship belong to the Zimbabwean government, and were acquired last year.

“They are only being delivered now, and there is nothing wrong with that,” he said.

The ship- An Yue Jiang is carrying 77 tonnes of weaponry consisting of AK47 ammunition, rocket propelled grenades and mortars, all supplied by Chinese arms manufacturer Poly Technologies.

The government says the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has taken advantage of the situation, and spreading lies to the international community.

“It is a disgrace and shame as Zimbabwe is a sovereign nation with the right to defend itself, especially from other countries,” said a government official.

“The ZANU PF party is currently suffering an unnecessary media onslaught because of this Chinese ship.”

SADC, United Nations and the international community, especially Britain and the United State of America fear Mugabe might use the weapons against civilians. Mugabe- who is believed to have lost to the MDC’s Morgan Tsvangirai is currently holding on to the election results, and buying time in a vote re-count- which is also said to be not in his favour.

A staunch ruling party commentator and analyst known as Ngugi says Britain wants to revenge because of the land reform programme conducted by the government some years back.

“Now, they are taking it as a storm in a cup. The MDC and its western allies are jealous that many blacks now have their own land, which was taken away from the whites,” he said.

Ngugi said the MDC is currently pushing the arms ship and the Zimbabwean situation issues to have them put on the United Nations security agenda.

“They say the weapons are going to be used to unleash terror on the opposition supporters. This is unnecessary.”

“The spotlight and media coverage of the Chinese arms ship has been exaggerated. Zimbabwe is not the only country that purchases weapons in the world,” he concluded.

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