GNU not working,lets have elections- ZANU PF Senator
Former Governor and Resident Minister for Masvingo Province and Senator for Chivi-Mwenezi Josiah Hungwe (ZANU PF) has criticized his master, President Robert Mugabe together with the inclusive government saying he is ashamed to be part of it because it has failed to meet the expectations of the people.
Speaking to RadioVOP, Hungwe said “horror” is still the order of the day especially in rural areas. “Can we say that there is something which has changed? In your normal senses can you be happy with this set up? To be honest with you, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have both failed…,” he said.
“It was even better if they had never agreed to work together when they knew they were not going to agree on most things especially those that matter most to the people. Do you know that people in my constituency have resorted to – barter trading – they do not have any money. Most villagers in Mwenezi are having one meal per day. There is
no road network, in fact every thing is down but we have a government in place. This government is a mockery to the people and I am ashamed to be part of it.”
Hungwe said he was ashamed to meet the people because he had nothing good to tell them about the government.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai have been contradicting each other on matters of importance including the land issue and the use of the Zimbabwe currency. Mugabe continues to support land invasions and has recently said the country should revert to the use of the Zimbabwe dollar as most people did not have foreign currency while Tsvangirai has ordered the stop of land invasions and has said that the use of multiple currencies should continue in order to revive Zimbabwe’s economy.
Tsvangirai who was recently on a tour of European Union member states and America to seek financial support for Zimbabwe’s ailing economy, came back largely empty handed as some countries would not commit themselves to meaningful help until government starts observing the rule of law, stop human right abuses and open up the media. Most western nations are still reluctant to channel money through the government preferring to do it through individual organisations to fight issues such as hunger and HIV and AIDS.
Zimbabwe needs about USD 8 billion dollars to revive its economy which is currently performing at less than 20 percent of normal capacity.
Although inflation is said to have gone down drastically and supermarkets are awash with goods, most people are struggling to survive. Unemployment rate is estimated to be more than 80 percent.
“I know some people from my party would like to criticise me but if we want to be genuine, the only solution is to have elections any time soon so that he who gets the majority would be allowed to be the leader. Let us be rational and liberate Zimbabweans who have suffered for a long time,” he said.
Zimbabwe is expected to hold elections in 18 months once a new constitution is in place. Already the two parties are differing on how the new constitutional making process should be handled, an issue which could prolong the exercise.
Hungwe, who was Governor for 15 years, is recognised as a father figure in Masvingo because of different projects he managed to achieve when he was in the province’s highest office before he was displaced by Willard Chiwewe on political factional lines.
In 1993, Hungwe won the Japanese Opinion leadership award in Tokyo.
Posted by Wellington Chadehumbe
on June 28, 2009. Filed under Main Headline,Politics.
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