'MDC-T's JUICE is poisonous,' says Prof Jonathan Moyo

Political scientist and Tsholotsho North House of Assembly Member Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday said, the MDC-T's economic blueprint dubbed Jobs, Upliftment, Investment, Capital and Ecology (JUICE), has failed  because "no-one is drinking it as it is poisonous."

Moyo was quoted saying: "They spent the last four years in Government thinking about themselves, they are buying expensive cars, houses and are doing nothing about the lives of millions of Zimbabweans. They are more concerned with salaries and positions for themselves. They came up with their programme JUICE and no-one is drinking it because it is poisonous."

Moyo's recent attack comes after MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora confirmed his party has invited foreign experts for meeting on May 17 to come up with an election manifesto.

"We are going to come up with our election manifesto during a conference that we will hold on May 17. We have invited a number of our friends from abroad to assist us in crafting the policy although we cannot name them at the moment," he said.

Prof Moyo said the MDC - T would not achieve anything because it needed massive hand handling adding the time for Zimbabweans to decide their fate would be before June 29.

Moyo, yesterday said what the MDC-T said was an open admission that the party was attempting to delay the polls not because of the so called reforms, but because it did not have an election manifesto.

"The world now knows why they are doing everything unconstitutional to avoid the elections. They have been lying to the world that they want reforms before the elections, yet they want a manifesto.

"They were elected into office five year ago and with or without the manifesto, that is going to end on June 29. Zanu-PF has its manifesto built on the people's sovereignty over their resources, creation of employment and development. We can deliver to the people the benefit of our policies. We delivered land to the people through the land reform programme and using that experience we are delivering the economy to the people," he said.

National University of Science and Technology dean Dr Lawton Hikwa, said although there was nothing wrong for a political party to hire some consultants to do some work for it, the critical matter was for people's views to carry the day.

"The bigger picture is if a political party were to hire a consultant, the bottom line is the people who finally draw the document should be locals. Outsiders' views should not sail through until they are domesticated," he said.