Rudo Saungweme
MDC has slated #Tajamuka for misdirecting people that the party was involved in its demonstration which dismally flopped.
Speaking at a Provincial Executive Committee meeting in Bindura this week, MDC Mashonaland Central Provincial Chairperson George Gwarada said #Tajamuka was not a mouth piece of the MDC. He said the MDC was never involved in the organisation of the botched protests, adding that the party was in the process of organizing its own non-violent demonstrations which will be communicated to members in due course.
#Tajamuka had lied to the people that it was working together with the MDC in the demonstrations so as to lure protestors. However, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU), the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union (ARTUZ) and Progressive Teacher`s Union (PTUZ), have already distanced themselves from the demonstrations.
“These #Tajamuka members are just a bunch of disgruntled MDC members acting outside the party`s ideology as they sought relevance,” said Gwarada.
Gwarada also told Provincial members that the party is going to increase its visibility by organizing a clean-up campaign in urban areas.
The clean-up campaign was launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in December last year as a way of encouraging citizens to keep their surroundings clean. The MDC now wants to use this clean-up campaign for political mileage.
Gwarada castigated SI 142/2019 saying that it will not achieve its intended purpose. He said the party would discourage people from accepting the Zimbabwe Dollar.
“We are going to tell the people that the Zimbabwe Dollar will result in the shortages of basic commodities just like what happened in the 2008 era,” said Gwarada.
Meanwhile, Zanu PF Political Commissar who is also the Defence and War Veterans Deputy Minister, Victor Matemadanda, while speaking at Masvingo Provincial Co-ordination Committee meeting, revealed that former MDC T spokesperson, Linda Masarira confessed that the United States had coached them to misinform the public about the SI 142/2019 with a view to causing its rejection.
The SI 142/2019 was introduced in June this year, effectively banning the use of multicurrency system. The multicurrency system had caused untold suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans with retailers causing price distortions so as to catch up with the parallel market rate which was increasing on a daily basis. Following the introduction of SI 142/2019, rates began tumble and prices started to fall.
