Sustainable economic development can only be achieved through the use of a local currency which will stimulate growth and guarantee stability, President Mnangagwa has said.
This follows last week’s introduction of the gold and other
precious minerals-backed ZiG currency by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
Addressing the 374th session of the Politburo at the Zanu
PF headquarters in Harare yesterday, President Mnangagwa, who is also the
ruling party’s First Secretary, said Zimbabweans must embrace and defend the
new currency, safeguarding it against machinations of the country’s detractors.
“This meeting is being held a few days following the
unprecedented opening of the national vaults and subsequent launch of our new
Zimbabwe Gold currency, which is one of the ongoing measures to foster economic
stability and stimulate growth,” said the President.
He called upon Politburo and senior party members to instil
confidence among the people in understanding the transformational policies and
the new currency.
“Meanwhile, programmes and activities to educate and raise
awareness among the public, including those led by the private sector, the
church and community-based organisations, towards embracing our currency must
be supported. In our case, sustainable socio-economic development, independence
and sovereignty can only be realised through the use of our local currency.
“While the enemy constantly attacks our economy, work must
be done to safeguard and defend communities from the falsehoods and
neo-imperial machinations being peddled by our country’s detractors, both from
within and outside the country.
We must, therefore, sharpen our scientific and
revolutionary ideas and strategic understanding towards accelerating the
realisation of Vision 2030.”
The President charged senior leaders in the revolutionary
party to provide leadership on the economic front, permeating messages to the
lowest structures.
“The party membership must be active and visible in
economic activities in our efforts to grow district and provincial GDPs. Party
meetings from cell/village to provincial levels should now reflect this
orientation. In this regard, the relevant economic related departments are also
directed to accordingly shift their paradigm and give the requisite
intellectual support to the leagues of the party.
“No one, but us in Zanu PF and the people of Zimbabwe, will
deliver on the key aspects of our nation’s political, social and economic
development. Our future as a colossal, mass revolutionary party and that of our
Government, and country is impacted by our decisions and actions. This weighty
obligation should never be taken lightly. Nyika inovakwa, inotongwa,
inonamatigwa nevene vayo/ilizwe lakhiwa, libuswe, ngabanikazi balo.
Likhulekelwe,” said President Mnangagwa.
He added that Zanu PF is the only party that can improve
people’s lives and livelihoods.
Relatedly, the President said party members must at all
times maintain the requisite discipline, loyalty and focus towards not only
defending the country’s independence, freedom and empowerment, but also
improving the quality of life of every Zimbabwean, leaving no one and no place
behind.
“At this stage of our revolution and the country’s
development, leaders and the structures of the party must be equal to the
task.”
The party, he said, should re-calibrate its revolutionary,
ideological and moral compass to rise above present and future challenges.
“Party members and particularly officials and those in
leadership, have a duty to unflinchingly uphold the correct party line, at all
times, both in public and private.
“The supremacy of our party constitution and the integral
values of unity, patriotism and hard honest work should continue to be
entrenched across the rank and file of the party. We cannot slacken in this
regard,” said the President.
Zimbabwe has been under baneful illegal economic sanctions
for the past 24 years, and the President said there is no room in the ruling
party to be preoccupied by trivialities, both internal and external.
“The Second Republic, is about production, production,
production, with economic activities taking precedence over politics. We
received a fresh mandate from the electorate during the 2023 harmonised general
elections, which were held less than 12 months ago. I challenge us to
introspect, as the party leadership, and remain focused towards accelerating
the national development agenda.”
Petty squabbles, jealousies and a misplaced sense of
entitlement, he said, were not acceptable.
“We are not a party about positions; we are about progress,
prosperity, unity, peace and development for all the people of Zimbabwe, no
matter where they live or their social standing,” said the President.
Ahead of next week’s Independence commemorations in
Murambinda, Manicaland Province and the 64th edition of the Zimbabwe
International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo, end of the month, President
Mnangagwa said the party leadership must play its part to ensure the two events
are a resounding success.
This year’s edition of the ZITF will be officially opened
by Kenya President Dr William Ruto, to consolidate the long-standing fraternal
relations between Zimbabwe and Kenya.
In light of the climate change-induced drought, the
President said there was need to work harder to consolidate the country’s
achievements and confront obstacles head-on and with confidence.
“The hearts and minds of our people will be won when we are
solid and united in support of our Zanu PF policies, programmes and projects.
Let us always give communities hope by leading from the front. There is no room
for complacency,” he said.
He challenged the Zanu PF Commissariat Department, the
Leagues of the party, including affiliate organisations, to do more with
regards to grassroots mobilisation and educating the people on the current
state of affairs within the party and the nation at large.
“Let us carry on to welcome more new members into Zanu PF
from across the socio-economic and political divide and educate them on what we
stand for, as a party, and the ongoing people-centred policies and projects,”
he said. Herald
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