THE anti- graft crusade by the Zanu-PF Youth League is
being motivated by the desire to subject people to account and not political
considerations, a party official has said.
The youth league’s deputy secretary, Cde Lewis Matutu said
the youth league is not motivated by a desire to tarnish other people’s images
but to fight corruption, a cancer which has compromised the economy.
“The youth are the most vulnerable, hence there is need to
speak with one voice to build the economy through fighting corruption. We have had people that were trying to frighten us and use
tribal cards in corruption cases, people trying to use issues of factionalism
which do not exist but that has failed to work,” said Cde Matutu.
He applauded the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)
saying those allegedly involved in corruption should clear themselves before
the Commission and the courts.
“If you are clean
you will be proven so by the courts. We are also very happy about ZACC because
for the first time President Mnangagwa has delivered in the fight against
corruption.
“ZACC is very serious, they don’t care about individual
opinion or interests, they care about public resources and their mandate is to
deliver and we are very happy,” he said.
Cde Matutu added: “Instead of clearing themselves they go
for politicking but corruption issues have nothing to do with politics,
corruption requires response, evidence and defence in court through
prosecution,” he said.
He warned those fanning factionalism saying they will
become unpopular.
“The question is whose faction against whose? I assure you
that under the leadership of President Mnangagwa you will be very unpopular to
talk about factionalism and you actually isolate yourself.
“There are people who do not want to be accountable and
they would rather hide behind politics instead of clearing themselves from corruption
allegations.
“For people to think that what ZACC is doing is just
political gimmick and perhaps they are just doing what the previous commission
was doing, they will be fooling themselves.
“People are going to be arrested if they were involved in
corruption, because like the President said he has given ZACC teeth and they
have big ones and they are biting so if people think that its politicking then
they are misled,” he said.
He urged party members to desist from acquiring wealth
through corrupt activities, but stand by the party’s ideology.
“As a party we should be able to say this is right, this is
part of our ideology and this is in line with our norms and values and this is
wrong, this must be corrected.
“If you look at these cases, you will find out that these
people were engaging in massive corruption.
“So genuine people will genuinely support President
Mnangagwa vision and are seen through their deeds not what they say.
“We must be an example as an organisation. If you look at
the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) of Namibia and African
National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, if there is anything in the
organisation that is linked to corruption or anything that affects their
governance, they attend to it including the President for example in the case
of former South Africa President Jacob Zuma, he appeared before the commission
of inquiry to find out what was happening and that is what a modern
organisation should do,” he said.
He hailed the President for remaining steadfast in fighting
corruption. Herald
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