PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is confident of a ZANU PF landslide victory in the 2023 harmonised elections on account of Government’s success in stabilising and growing the economy.
In an interview ahead of today’s Independence Day
commemorations, the President said his administration had successfully resolved
numerous challenges such as fuel and power shortages that had plagued the
economy for years.
The country’s road and health infrastructure, he added, was
being modernised. “If a leader of a political party goes into an election with
the hope of not winning, then that person should not be a leader of a party,”
said President Mnangagwa.
“I am extremely confident based on the work that we are
doing and the positive reception that we receive from the people of Zimbabwe.
“The responses that we are getting both in terms of
resolving hunger in the country, providing energy, roads, fuel, increasing and
mordenising our health sector, I think with all these things which continue to
improve, the people will feel that they must give us a chance to do more.”
ZANU PF plans to mobilise more than five million registered
voters to capture not less than 65 percent of the vote in 2023.
The party has since intensified its mobilisation drive by
targeting the urban youth vote. President Mnangagwa said continued defections
from the opposition will work in favour of the ruling party.
“I think that . . . our people, our Zimbabwean people, are
very discerning. They realise that the future lies with those who preach
harmony, peace and unity, and not those who preach demonstrations.
“There is no country that is built on violence and
demonstrations. Countries are built on unity, harmony, peace and love. This is
what is happening.”
ZANU PF got two-thirds majority in Parliament in the 2018
elections after garnering 179 National Assembly seats against the
MDC-Alliance’s 88.
President Mnangagwa won over 2,45 million votes in the
presidential election against MDC-A’s Mr Nelson Chamisa, who only managed 2,1
million votes. Sunday Mail
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