By Own Correspondent| Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has described the country’s leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as a man who is both “steel and wool” revealing that these sides are evident “depending on which side one tickles him”.

He said Mnangagwa’s  silence despite accusations by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa that he rigged the July 30 elections is not a sign of weakness.

In an exclusive interview with a local weekly, Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba said there was a false narrative that the Zanu PF leader’s legitimacy depended on Chamisa’s endorsement.

Said Charamba:

“We hope that maturity will visit him [Chamisa] some day and he realises that winners do not win on the goodwill of losers.

So, the silence of Mnangagwa is not a weakness. He is a man of steel and wool, depending on which side you tickle him.

This narrative that the legitimacy of the president is made through acceptance of defeat by the opposition leader is a false narrative.

If it did, we will not need the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission or the courts.

We would need the say-so of the opposition, but there is no human being who confers legitimacy on a person who won the plebiscite.

It means you are placing yourself above courts, and all this prattling is to us prattle of an undersized political child.”-TheStandard