ZANU PF says the opposition MDC should stop questioning President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s legitimacy to prepare groundwork for talks betwen the two parties and address Zimbabwe\u2019s economic crisis.<\/p>\n
MDC continues to reject Mnangagwa\u2019s victory at last year\u2019s polls, but a deepening economic crisis appears to be forcing Zanu PF\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n
Party spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo told NewsDay that both Zanu PF and the opposition must have a unity of purpose to tackle the crisis.<\/p>\n
Moyo\u2019s comments come at a time prices have stubbornly remained high despite the return of the Zimbabwe dollar and the exchange rate stabilising.<\/p>\n
In an interview on Monday, Moyo said the MDC needs to stop questioning Mnangagwa\u2019s electoral victory and come to the negotiating table to proffer alternative solutions to the economic crisis.<\/p>\n
He said all Zimbabweans were equally affected by price hikes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been to many shops, including, of course, supermarkets and I have never seen prices for Zanu PF members and prices for MDC members,\u201d Moyo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe must remember that government has taken measures and is taking measures to stabilise the economy because it affects all of us. I was in a certain shop one day and one old man said to me \u2018you also buy here\u2019 and I said yes, of course, we all buy at the same place.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, therefore, I don\u2019t think it will be fair to say these prices are the result of actions by Zanu PF because that cannot be true.\u201d<\/p>\n
He argued that the issue of legitimacy being raised by the MDC was long settled by the Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n
Moyo urged the MDC to reconsider its decision against participating in the national dialogue process started by Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our economy together and we are all Zimbabweans and the answer to it is that let us dialogue. All the parties let them come together, including the MDC; let\u2019s talk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Moyo said the government is putting in place measures to restore normalcy and that the economy is everyone\u2019s responsibility and not Zanu PF\u2019s alone.<\/p>\n
The Zanu PF spokesperson said the party\u2019s senior members deployed at the headquarters are supreme to government and they too were also working to find solutions to the country\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe, as a party, we have full time senior members here and the idea is that we must also formulate policies which government can implement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn other words the party is supreme and, of course, its supremacy must be felt by its actions in seeing to it that the people, as a whole, live comfortable lives, affordable lives because there is no government which can exist unless it is a product of the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we are very watchful of all these developments as a party here. We liaise, of course, with government; we are not operating at an antagonist level. We have that symbiotic relationship and we do advise where we see things getting out of hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moyo said those found guilty of politicising food aid must be punished because hunger knows no political affiliation.<\/p>\n
Zanu PF has been accused of distributing food along partisan lines, leaving out those that are perceived opposition supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no different prices for members of Zanu PF and members of other parties and this is why we have insisted that all measures must be taken to ensure that food must go to all those who deserves it irrespective of one\u2019s political party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFood must go to all who deserve it and anybody found discriminating in terms of food relief, giving people food on party lines shall be dealt with ruthlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ZANU PF says the opposition MDC should stop questioning President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s legitimacy to prepare groundwork for talks betwen the two parties and address Zimbabwe\u2019s economic crisis. MDC continues to reject Mnangagwa\u2019s victory at last year\u2019s polls, but a deepening economic crisis appears to be forcing Zanu PF\u2019s hand. Party spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo told […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[38,55,380,120],"class_list":["post-11102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-zanu-pf","tag-government","tag-moyo","tag-parties"],"yoast_head":"\n