Biti hints on massive demos

MDC Alliance has given indications that it will soon embark on mass demonstrations against the failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to attend to the tumbling Zimbabwean economy that has seen many being condemned to poverty.

In a cryptic post on Twitter on Tuesday, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti said a radical paradigm shift was required.

"There comes at a time in the history of any struggle where a radical paradigm shift is required. Section 59 cries out loud .Our people are suffering , poverty , shortages ,hyperinflation , corruption and  the collapse of social services decimates our people #Itistime," posted Biti.

Section 59 of the Constitution states that, "Every person has the right to demonstrate and to present petitions, but these rights must be exercised peacefully."

Meanwhile, Biti, reacting to the party's recent loss in the Lupane East by election, said they needed to formulate a strong policy to woo rural voters.

"It is true that there is a lot we could do better in terms of our rural strategy and rural effort .It is true that we may need to redefine our deployment strategy. But we lost #Lupane East to an uneven and unequal electoral playing field. We lost to selectorate, to coercion and capture," he said.