‘Zanu PF’s Predatory Politics Is Killing Zimbabwe’s Economy’ – PDP

The predatory politics, which Zanu PF is expanding most of its energy on by expelling and purging its senior party officials, instead of concentrating on government business, has resulted in the country facing serious economic challenges.

On Thursday, the Zanu PF Politburo meeting chaired by Robert Mugabe announced the fresh expulsions, which claimed the scalp of Chris Mutsvangwa and eight other party officials.

This kind of primitive politics in Zanu PF or in any political party or organisation does not build the country’s economy but instead destroys and shatters the people’s hopes and aspirations for a better Zimbabwe.

We have seen that for the past two years, Zanu PF has spent its time on expelling or suspending its senior officials including the former vice president Joice Mujuru on various spurious and laughable charges instead of concentrating on serious issues of how to turn around the country’s economy and social service delivery.

It is also regrettable that on the other hand, an opposition party has followed suit and this week expelled and recall from Parliament one of its senior officials, Senator Matson Hlalo.  Senator Hlalo was as a result ejected from the Senate at yesterday’s sitting.

It is of great concern that the opposition party has shown that it has no agenda or plan and has chosen to abandon its duty as the main opposition party in Parliament by concentrating on factional and petty politics.

Instead of consolidating its minority but important presence in Parliament, the opposition party has shown to focus on personal fights dumping the electorate, which voted for them in 2013.

Zimbabwe as a result is facing a serious socio-economic crisis that is threatening the livelihoods of millions of citizens as companies continue to close and thousands of people lose their jobs.

Essentially, Zimbabwe is on a ‘shut-down’ as the divisions in Zanu PF and government have intensified. Zanu PF factional fights are now being fought in the arena of public policy, where government ministers and senior government officials are issuing contradictory policy statements that are sending confusing signals to both domestic and foreign investors.

Sadly the long suffering people of Zimbabwe are bearing the brunt of Zanu PF’s factionalism as public officials waste the dwindling public resources in pursuit of factional interests that are of no benefit to the man and woman in the street or village.

Zimbabwe’s economic recovery prospects remain in the dark as the factional fights in Zanu PF characterised by expulsions and counter expulsions continue.

What is happening is Zanu PF is a clear statement that the party has failed and as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) we reiterate our position on the establishment of the National Transitional Authority (NTA) as the Zanu PF government has proved to be clueless.

– Source-PDP