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MDC Alliance slammed over sanctions
15 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | Views
THE MDC Alliance invited sanctions on the country in an act of political expediency resulting in the United States passing the amended Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act (ZIDERA), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo said.
Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed the ZIDERA act of 2018(S2779) into law effectively extending US sanctions.
This was after MDC Alliance leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti engaged different officials in the US Congress late last year to extend the sanctions.
Dr Moyo said political contestation must never suppress national interests. "Politics in a country should not lead to the suffering of the masses. The MDC Alliance does not understand this as their political contestation is suppressing national interests," he said.
"The sanctions are for the benefit of the MDC Alliance not for the ordinary person suffering in the streets. If people suffer because of you then you are not a leader."
Dr Moyo noted that most Zimbabweans voted for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF in a free and fair election that was marked by peace.
"The rule of law, freedom of expression, free and fair elections have already been accomplished in the new dispensation. The MDC Alliance is now calling upon external publics for political expediency," he said.
The Minister said the MDC Alliance is power hungry and will therefore stop at nothing to attain power even if it means destroying the nation.
"You cannot burn down the whole house when angry," said the Minister.
The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Matabeleland Chapter Mr Joseph Gunda also denounced sanctions.
"Zimbabweans really need to petition the US government to remove these sanctions that are impacting negatively on the growth of the economy. Enterprise will bring employment and not politics and if enterprise suffers then there are no jobs," he said.
Mr Enock Dongo, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association said sanctions affect the ordinary person not the intended targets.
"The people calling for sanctions can send their families for treatment and education abroad. The ordinary man cannot get a Panadol at the local clinic because of sanctions," he said.
Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed the ZIDERA act of 2018(S2779) into law effectively extending US sanctions.
This was after MDC Alliance leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti engaged different officials in the US Congress late last year to extend the sanctions.
Dr Moyo said political contestation must never suppress national interests. "Politics in a country should not lead to the suffering of the masses. The MDC Alliance does not understand this as their political contestation is suppressing national interests," he said.
"The sanctions are for the benefit of the MDC Alliance not for the ordinary person suffering in the streets. If people suffer because of you then you are not a leader."
Dr Moyo noted that most Zimbabweans voted for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF in a free and fair election that was marked by peace.
"The rule of law, freedom of expression, free and fair elections have already been accomplished in the new dispensation. The MDC Alliance is now calling upon external publics for political expediency," he said.
The Minister said the MDC Alliance is power hungry and will therefore stop at nothing to attain power even if it means destroying the nation.
"You cannot burn down the whole house when angry," said the Minister.
The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries Matabeleland Chapter Mr Joseph Gunda also denounced sanctions.
"Zimbabweans really need to petition the US government to remove these sanctions that are impacting negatively on the growth of the economy. Enterprise will bring employment and not politics and if enterprise suffers then there are no jobs," he said.
Mr Enock Dongo, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association said sanctions affect the ordinary person not the intended targets.
"The people calling for sanctions can send their families for treatment and education abroad. The ordinary man cannot get a Panadol at the local clinic because of sanctions," he said.
Source - chronicle
