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Biti condemns continued arrest of social movement leaders
14 Jul 2016 at 07:28hrs | Views
People's Democratic Party Leader Tendai Biti has condemned the continued victimisation of the social movement leaders describing it as illegitimate.
The remarks in the wake of Promise Mkhwananzi of #Tajamuka and Evan Mawarire of #ThisFlag have been arrested for inciting violence.
"The continuing arrests of the leadership of the emerging social movement including Pastor Mawarire,Linda Masarira and Promise Mkhwananzi to name a few ,is illegitimate unconstitutional and immoral," he said.
"The regime must forthwith stop the persecution of innocent citizens.It must release those arrested now. This regime is exhausted and clueless.It has no answer to the burning questions of the day.It has reached its limit and is on breaking point."
He said since independence this crop of 2016 is easily the worst cabinet we have had.
"They are bunch of corrupt incompetent necrophilia driven by this insatiable lust for loot and power. They know no limit or elasticity. They think our suffering is a self inflicted game of checkers.They see our anger as self righteous externally generated morbidity," he said.
"In short they think we are fools who should eternally be grateful to them for liberating us. They think we owe them a huge debt that justifies their perpetual self entitlement ,impunity and abuse. That is why there is no remorse ,restraint or apology in their excesses. That is why Robert Mugabe at the very advanced age of 93 finds it reasonable to declare himself ready for 2018."
Biti said that is why they are not accountable to their own failures.
"Failure to pay civil servant salaries , stealing RTGS balances,collapsing companies ,hospitals without drugs,cash shortages and other form of governance heresies are no big issues. The truth is an inconvenience . Thankfully the citizen is awake.Finally. The citizen is angry.Finally," he said.
"The citizen will not outsource its anger to an equally exhausted transient force. This time around let's look this terrible beast in the eye."
The remarks in the wake of Promise Mkhwananzi of #Tajamuka and Evan Mawarire of #ThisFlag have been arrested for inciting violence.
"The continuing arrests of the leadership of the emerging social movement including Pastor Mawarire,Linda Masarira and Promise Mkhwananzi to name a few ,is illegitimate unconstitutional and immoral," he said.
"The regime must forthwith stop the persecution of innocent citizens.It must release those arrested now. This regime is exhausted and clueless.It has no answer to the burning questions of the day.It has reached its limit and is on breaking point."
He said since independence this crop of 2016 is easily the worst cabinet we have had.
"They are bunch of corrupt incompetent necrophilia driven by this insatiable lust for loot and power. They know no limit or elasticity. They think our suffering is a self inflicted game of checkers.They see our anger as self righteous externally generated morbidity," he said.
"In short they think we are fools who should eternally be grateful to them for liberating us. They think we owe them a huge debt that justifies their perpetual self entitlement ,impunity and abuse. That is why there is no remorse ,restraint or apology in their excesses. That is why Robert Mugabe at the very advanced age of 93 finds it reasonable to declare himself ready for 2018."
Biti said that is why they are not accountable to their own failures.
"Failure to pay civil servant salaries , stealing RTGS balances,collapsing companies ,hospitals without drugs,cash shortages and other form of governance heresies are no big issues. The truth is an inconvenience . Thankfully the citizen is awake.Finally. The citizen is angry.Finally," he said.
"The citizen will not outsource its anger to an equally exhausted transient force. This time around let's look this terrible beast in the eye."
Source - Byo24News
