Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) President, Dr Simba Makoni cautioned youths not to mortgage their future on the altar of pecuniary rewards from desperate politicians seeking political power at all cost.
The warning follows a sharp increase in politically motivated violence over the last three weeks.
Writing on his twitter page, Dr Makoni said youths are being used to settle political scores and by so doing they are being turned into perpetrators of political violence.
‘The perpetrators, and the victims of the violence, are young people, ostensibly at the instigation of older people, called leaders,” said Dr Makoni.
The former Zanu PF politburo member, who broke ranks with Mugabe in 2007 to form MKD,labelled youths who are being used to settle political scores as failures.
My first message is..`if you have to beat people up, for them to follow or support you' then you are a failure.
— Simba Makoni (@SimbaMakoni) November 18, 2015
Second message is to the youth of Zimbabwe. No one is worth beating, maiming or killing others for.
— Simba Makoni (@SimbaMakoni) November 18, 2015
So, TELL those who send you to beat others up TO DO IT THEMSELVES, tione kushinga kwawo..
— Simba Makoni (@SimbaMakoni) November 18, 2015
saka, hazvinei kuti uri webato ripi; wanangu, rambai kushandiswa kuponda hama dzenyu munopikira jeri nyaya isi yenyu,” said Dr Makoni.
Dr Makoni, who is also the former minister of finance said political violence is barbaric and a sign of desperation.
The violence is committed in pursuit of political objectives, centred around keeping, or taking up leadership positions.
— Simba Makoni (@SimbaMakoni) November 18, 2015
No amount of money, super chibuku, t-shirts, wrap-arounds, proximity to a chef or other rewards justifies the risk of jail.
— Simba Makoni (@SimbaMakoni) November 18, 2015
Recently, Newsday reported the violence that erupted between Zanu PF and MDC-T supporters which saw Zanu PF supporters partnering with the police to fight MDC-T supporters.
This was the second episode of violence in Harare South after MDC-T and Zanu PF supporters clashed a week before the incident, when the latter wanted to disrupt a rally by the former.
The violent clashes reportedly left over 13 MDC-T supporters injured alongside an unconfirmed number of Zanu PF supporters.
