THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association
(ZNLWVA) has blamed the opposition for conniving with their “imperialist
handlers” to cause the worsening economic situation in the country, which has
seen prices of basic commodities shooting up with some goods disappearing from
the market.
Since the declaration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as
the July 30 harmonised elections victor, the situation has drastically
deteriorated, evoking memories of the hyper-inflationary period of 2007-2009
era.
The war veterans admitted the situation was hurting
ordinary citizens, but said the shortages were being engineered to incite
public protests against Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF government.
“What is happening is that the capitalists are fighting
against Zanu PF victory politically and economically, so it shows that the
ruling party is not getting the co-operation of the business community,” ZNLWVA
spokesperson Douglas Mahiya said.
“It is an economic battle between the oppressors and the
oppressed. Price hikes and shortage of basic commodities is a battle for the
people to be caused to turn against their vote and disapproval themselves from
being a justifiable population to have a government which determines its
destiny.”
He said the force that controlled the industries was
responsible for shortages of basic commodities in a bid to maintain the
capitalistic status quo.
Mahiya said the MDC-T must fulfil its promises to bring
multiple connections that would avail loads of cash to ease the situation
during the campaigns.
He said the opposition must avert the crisis by approaching
those same people as per their own threat to bring the promised cash and help
alleviate the situation as opposed to folding hands while people suffered.
Mahiya described the MDC as a legitimate political
organisation which is helpful for the country’s political development, but said
their contradiction must not undermine or retard the development of Zanu PF in
order to justify that they are better.
“That is where the antagonism is and that is why I am
citing the MDC in the disappearance of these things in order to force society
to rebel a legitimate elected government of the people,” he said.
“They failed at the ballot box and now they want to make
people suffer and make people listen to them. However, we will not be able to
take that.” Newsday
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