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Zanu PF has never won elections, says prominent analyst
07 Sep 2016 at 09:32hrs | Views
A political analyst Vince Musewe has said Zanu PF has never won the elections but resorted to using unorthodox means to remain in power and now it would not heed to calls for electoral reforms as that threaten its survival.
"I said it more than a year ago that it would be naïve for us to think that Zanu PF will implement electoral changes as this would be tantamount to them reforming themselves out of power. Now Jonathan Moyo has just confirmed this fact," Musewe said.
"You see Zanu PF has never actually won a free and fair election and given where the economy is now, no sane Zimbabwean would vote for them and they know that. Zanu PF is willing to lie, steal and manipulate the system solely for the power and riches of a few."
He said the same applies to economic reforms which we want.
"In his document on the LIMA strategy, Patrick Chinamasa (Finance Minister) promised "the strengthening of confidence in the financial services sector, to accelerate re-engagement with the international community, to revitalise agriculture, to advance beneficiation in or value addition agriculture and mining, to focus on infrastructure development, to unlock small to medium enterprise potential, to improve the investment climate, to accelerate public enterprise reform, to modernise labour laws and align of laws with constitution and lastly to deal seriously with corruption," he said.
"None of the above has happened to fundamentally impact our socio economic and political environment. In fact things are getting worse and Zimbabwe is highly unlikely to even get a cent from international development partners until the government can demonstrate that they are serious about change."
"I said it more than a year ago that it would be naïve for us to think that Zanu PF will implement electoral changes as this would be tantamount to them reforming themselves out of power. Now Jonathan Moyo has just confirmed this fact," Musewe said.
"You see Zanu PF has never actually won a free and fair election and given where the economy is now, no sane Zimbabwean would vote for them and they know that. Zanu PF is willing to lie, steal and manipulate the system solely for the power and riches of a few."
He said the same applies to economic reforms which we want.
"In his document on the LIMA strategy, Patrick Chinamasa (Finance Minister) promised "the strengthening of confidence in the financial services sector, to accelerate re-engagement with the international community, to revitalise agriculture, to advance beneficiation in or value addition agriculture and mining, to focus on infrastructure development, to unlock small to medium enterprise potential, to improve the investment climate, to accelerate public enterprise reform, to modernise labour laws and align of laws with constitution and lastly to deal seriously with corruption," he said.
"None of the above has happened to fundamentally impact our socio economic and political environment. In fact things are getting worse and Zimbabwe is highly unlikely to even get a cent from international development partners until the government can demonstrate that they are serious about change."
Source - Byo24News
