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'MDC-T plans a joke,' says Gumbo
15 Apr 2014 at 13:36hrs | Views
Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has described as a joke, plans by the MDC-T to organise countrywide protests against the ruling party and President Robert Mugabe.
Addressing party supporters at a rally in Kuwadzana, Harare, on Sunday, MDC-T national organising secretary, Nelson Chamisa said the party was planning to roll out national protests against President Mugabe and his Zanu PF party as a measure of saving Zimbabweans from the current economic crisis the country is faced with.
Chamisa said Zanu-PF had failed to find solutions to deal with the 'economic crisis'.
"We will go back to the 2008 situation if nothing is done. The Zimbabwean problem is a political problem, it's a crisis of governance.
"Section 59 of the country's constitution gives us the right to demonstrate. We will not be violent in our demonstration, we will not use guns, but our rights will be guns," said Chamisa.
Speaking to The Zimbabwe Mail, Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo said MDC-T was not serious.
"These people are just joking....demonstrating over what? To achieve what? If they are saying we have failed to run the economy, they must produce their own economic blue print and show us how the economy can be run.
"If they dare to engage in any form of national protest, then security forces will be put on high alert to quash any kind of disturbances and take them head on," said Gumbo.
Meanwhile, political analysts said the proposed MDC-T protests would fail as Zimbabweans were more worried about survival than participating in demonstrations.
"The planned mass action will never achieve anything at all because Zimbabweans have gone past that era," said Eldred Masunungure, political science lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe.
"Zimbabweans want food on the table and politics of marching on the streets is long gone. That will be foolish on the part of the MDC T to even attempt a protest because they will be embarrassed as no one will turn up," said Masunungure.
Another political analyst, Charity Manyeruke, said it would be folly for the MDC-T to demonstrate for economic development.
Police are keen to quiz MDC-T's Job Sikhala over utterances that he made at the weekend where he urged party supporters to brace for "war" against the government.
Police chief spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the development last night.
"We have invited him over utterances he made at a rally in Kuwadzana at the weekend," she said.
Sikhala's lawyer and MDC-T official Obert Gutu said he had talked to officials at the Law and Order section and assured them that he would come with Sikhala this morning.
Addressing party supporters at a rally in Kuwadzana, Harare, on Sunday, MDC-T national organising secretary, Nelson Chamisa said the party was planning to roll out national protests against President Mugabe and his Zanu PF party as a measure of saving Zimbabweans from the current economic crisis the country is faced with.
Chamisa said Zanu-PF had failed to find solutions to deal with the 'economic crisis'.
"We will go back to the 2008 situation if nothing is done. The Zimbabwean problem is a political problem, it's a crisis of governance.
"Section 59 of the country's constitution gives us the right to demonstrate. We will not be violent in our demonstration, we will not use guns, but our rights will be guns," said Chamisa.
Speaking to The Zimbabwe Mail, Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo said MDC-T was not serious.
"These people are just joking....demonstrating over what? To achieve what? If they are saying we have failed to run the economy, they must produce their own economic blue print and show us how the economy can be run.
"If they dare to engage in any form of national protest, then security forces will be put on high alert to quash any kind of disturbances and take them head on," said Gumbo.
Meanwhile, political analysts said the proposed MDC-T protests would fail as Zimbabweans were more worried about survival than participating in demonstrations.
"The planned mass action will never achieve anything at all because Zimbabweans have gone past that era," said Eldred Masunungure, political science lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe.
"Zimbabweans want food on the table and politics of marching on the streets is long gone. That will be foolish on the part of the MDC T to even attempt a protest because they will be embarrassed as no one will turn up," said Masunungure.
Another political analyst, Charity Manyeruke, said it would be folly for the MDC-T to demonstrate for economic development.
Police are keen to quiz MDC-T's Job Sikhala over utterances that he made at the weekend where he urged party supporters to brace for "war" against the government.
Police chief spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the development last night.
"We have invited him over utterances he made at a rally in Kuwadzana at the weekend," she said.
Sikhala's lawyer and MDC-T official Obert Gutu said he had talked to officials at the Law and Order section and assured them that he would come with Sikhala this morning.
Source - Zim Mail
