reform, security sector alignment and that type of rubbish. That will not be done.74 Earlier that month, in an interview with the state-owned but ZANU-PF aligned Herald newspaper, Defense Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa of ZANU-PF said: Those who speak of security reforms are driven by the illegal regime change agenda to remove us [ZANU-PF] [from power] and install their puppets.
 They intend to remove the current crop of leadership within the army and replace them with that of their own choice who will pander to their whims.75 In October 2012, in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said the Zimbabwean military would not accept a victory by Prime Minister Tsvangirai and the MDC in the coming elections. He said: He [Tsvangirai] cannot win. He has been campaigning and mobilizing against the interests of Zimbabweans on many issues, whether talking about land, seeking to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle. And this is where the military comes in. Young people participated in the liberation struggle to gain control over our resources. Many friends died and are buried in unmarked graves. Now if anyone is going to say: “When I come into power I'm going to reverse that,” they [the military] have every right to say: “Please - you are asking for trouble. You will be asking for trouble.”76 The following week, ZANU-PF spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo, supported and reiterated Chinamasa’s sentiments in an interview with ETV in South African.77 ZANU-PF neither 74 “No to security sector reform as part of election conditions, says state security minister Sydney Sekeramayi,” Zim Connect, April 22, 2013, http://zimconnect.net/media/no-to-security-sector-reforms-as-part-of-election-conditions-says-statesecurity-minister-sydney-sekeremayi/ (accessed April 24, 2013). 75 “Security sector reforms not part of the GPA,” Farai Machivenyika, The Herald, April 5, 2013, http://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73033:security-sector-reforms-not-part-ofgpa&catid=37:top-stories&Itemid=130#.UXk6Wo4Ve8A (accessed April 10, 2013). 76 “Would ZANU- PF accept Tsvangirai as president?” BBC News Africa, October 11, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldafrica-19912593 (accessed February 10, 2013). 77 “Arrest Chinamasa, Gumbo: MDC-T,” Patrice Makova, The Standard, October 21, 2012, http://www.thestandard.co.zw/2012/10/21/arrest-chinamasa-gumbo-mdc-t/ (accessed February 11, 2013). THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM 32