Opposition blasts government over Diaspora remittances

Opposition parties yesterday blasted the Zanu-PF government of rushing to tap into remittances by thousands of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora without providing them with a platform to participate in local elections.

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in his 2016 National Budget last month projected that Diaspora remittances would contribute about $960 million to the fiscus, adding a National Diaspora Policy was in the offing.

But MDC-T spokesperson, Obert Gutu said it was surprising how government wanted to benefit from the same people they were disenfranchising.