By Own Correspondent|President Emmerson Mnangagwa has justified the fuel price increases which triggered last week’s protest arguing that while the move may not be popular, it was the right thing to do.

Mnangagwa said this shortly after his arrival from his aborted 5 nations international trip. He added that while citizens had a right to protest, the protests should be peaceful which is not what transpired during #ShutdownZimbabwe.

Said Mnangagwa:

“I was aware that these measures may not be popular, and this was not a decision we took lightly. But it was the right thing to do. What followed was regrettable and tragic. Everyone has the right to protest, but this was not a peaceful protest.

Wanton violence and cynical destruction; looting police stations, stealing guns and uniforms; incitement and threats of violence, this is not the Zimbabwean way.”