Zimbabweans should focus on rebuilding the country’s
economy and avoid self-hate tactics meant to please foreigners, particularly
the West, ZANU PF’s secretary for finance and acting spokesperson, Cde Patrick
Chinamasa, has said.
He said the country’s economic problems could only be
solved internally.
“Zimbabweans need to stop self-hurting efforts meant to
please sanctions-imposing countries in order for us to be acceptable to them.
It does not matter who is the leader of ZANU PF, no one is ever going to be
acceptable.
“It is not about individuals but about the ideology and
legacy ZANU PF represents, which will always be a problem for those that have
shunned us,” he said.
“To contain this onslaught and to regain momentum, it needs
to sink in the minds of our people that Zimbabwe is on its own and our economic
problems are only going to be solved by none other than ourselves, leveraging
on our internal natural resources and endowments.”
Zimbabweans, Cde Chinamasa said, should not expect or rely
on financial aid from international organisations but instead find home-grown
solutions to achieve Vision 2030.
“Zimbabweans need to understand that there will be no cent
from IMF, the World Bank or African Development Bank, or such, despite the fact
that Zimbabwe is a shareholder in all these organisations.
“So the dance with foreign capitals must now be limited to
only those serving our mutual interests.
“On the domestic front, we must give focus to the
localisation of our economy, and to do so on a sustained, phased basis sector
by sector,” he said.
“The country’s economy is not performing to expectations
owing to external and domestic challenges. Sanctions remain a key reason for
the economy’s troubles, as do natural disasters like Cyclone Idai, two
successive drought seasons and the current Covid-19 which has impacted
negatively on economic activities across all sectors of the economy.
“To get our country on a growth trajectory and to sustain
that growth Zimbabweans, first and foremost, need to understand that Zimbabwe
is on its own; the onslaught against our President, Cde Mnangagwa, is at an
all-time high and international forces (the usual culprits) are converging to
take ZANU PF out of power,” said Cde Chinamasa.
He, however, said the country will prevail. Sunday Mail
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