By Claver Nyuki
For the past few weeks, the country’s economy endured some tempestuous times with the black market rate spiralling out of control influencing the massive leap in basic commodity prices and temporary shortages of fuel, cooking oil and other basic necessities.
A small section of the purported MDC Alliance aligned analysts have moved the baseless and absurd notion that Chamisa holds the key to improve the country’s economy.
The notion is not only erroneous but deceiving at best and clearly shows desperation on the part of the MDC who not only lost the July 30 harmonised elections, but failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the elections were flawed at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).
In the drum up to the country’s elections, Chamisa and the party’s now deputy national chairperson, Tendai Biti were widely condemned after it emerged that they embarked on a mission to the United States to advocate for the renewal of the illegal Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (ZIDERA).
The reason behind the selfish move, unbefitting of someone who aspires to lead the country, was to sabotage President Mnangagwa’s re-engagement policy with the aim of suffocating the economy and then offering himself as the messiah that rescued the country’s economy.
Before bulldozing his way to the presidency of the MDC, Chamisa was the Kuwadzana East legislator for 15 years with no specific developments taking place.
During the campaign period, a former MDC activist, Ishamael Kauzani, laid bare and accused Chamisa of not doing enough for the constituency despite being its custodian for a long time.
Having failed to meaningfully develop his constituency, how can Chamisa be the solution to the current economic crisis considering he is part of the problem.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been part of Government for the past 38 years having held countless portfolios over the years, and acted as Minister of Finance between 1995 and 1996 after the then Minister of Finance, Bernard Chidzero had to step down due to ill health.
President Mnangagwa upon taking over the Presidency, has introduced a raft of policies which aim to make Zimbabwe a middle class economy by 2013.
The policies that include the re-engagement exercise, the Zimbabwe is open for business mantra, the reduction of the Cabinet and also appointing technocrats who are spearheading the country’s economic growth are evidence enough that the man at the helm of the country is the messiah to change the country’s fortunes.
Chamisa and the MDC have run out of ideas. One cannot advocate for sanctions and then claim to be the only person to fix the country’s economy.
The black market rates spiralling out of control, the artificial shortages of good and the basic commodity price hikes may have accorded Chamisa and his cronies a false sense of hope at staying relevant but the truth is Chamisa has no capacity to fix the country’s problems, he is not the solution but part of the problem.
