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MDC99 to go ahead with Egyptian-style protests
22 Jan 2012 at 19:39hrs | Views
MDC99 leader Job Sikhala says his party will go ahead with Egyptian-style protests aimed at forcing President Robert Mugabe to step down before the next elections are held.
Sikhala said Mugabe was presiding over a failed inclusive government and accused some of his Cabinet ministers of amassing personal wealth at the expense of the majority.
He said MDC99 was rolling out demonstrations throughout the country in a bid to stop the holding of elections before the implementation of meaningful political reforms and the "departure" of Mugabe.
Sikhala said there was no point in holding elections now as Zanu PF officials were repeatedly saying there was no way the party would cede power through the pen (ballot box).
On December 12 2011, Sikhala was briefly arrested and released after he, party supporters and executive members held a protest march demanding that President Mugabe must resign.
The former MDC legislator for St Mary's and his supporters were marching towards President Mugabe's Munhumutapa building offices, carrying placards with messages that demanded the immediate resignation of Mugabe, when armed police pounced on them.
Sikhala accused some cabinet ministers, including his former MDC colleagues now in the coalition government, of creating wealth for themselves through corrupt deals.
Sikhala said a majority of Zimbabweans continue to wallow in poverty as the GNU has failed to turn around the economy by creating jobs and attracting investment, while civil servants continue to be paid "slave wages."
Sikhala said Mugabe was presiding over a failed inclusive government and accused some of his Cabinet ministers of amassing personal wealth at the expense of the majority.
He said MDC99 was rolling out demonstrations throughout the country in a bid to stop the holding of elections before the implementation of meaningful political reforms and the "departure" of Mugabe.
Sikhala said there was no point in holding elections now as Zanu PF officials were repeatedly saying there was no way the party would cede power through the pen (ballot box).
The former MDC legislator for St Mary's and his supporters were marching towards President Mugabe's Munhumutapa building offices, carrying placards with messages that demanded the immediate resignation of Mugabe, when armed police pounced on them.
Sikhala accused some cabinet ministers, including his former MDC colleagues now in the coalition government, of creating wealth for themselves through corrupt deals.
Sikhala said a majority of Zimbabweans continue to wallow in poverty as the GNU has failed to turn around the economy by creating jobs and attracting investment, while civil servants continue to be paid "slave wages."
Source - standard
