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Pressure grp takes Mugabe to task over Zanu PF infighting

INFIGHTING within the ruling party, Zanu (PF) has reached alarming levels at a time the national economy is on a continuous downward trend, a local pressure group has said.

The continued factional fights within the ruling party come at a time Zimbabwe’s economy is currently characterized by massive closure of industries as well as unemployment that has relegated the majority of Zimbabweans into abject poverty.

In its statement issued today Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) ordered President Mugabe to restore order in Zanu PF, saying the infighting have negative connotations on economic revival.

“CIZC would like to remind President Mugabe that failure to instill a sense of order within his party will not only impact negatively on the national economy and peoples’ livelihoods but also on civil and political rights as evidenced by the victimsation of ordinary citizens being accused of working in cahoots with perceived opponents of the Zanu (PF) leader.

“CIZC implores President Mugabe to reign in his underlings to ensure the ruling party focuses on reviving the national economy as well as implementing measures that instill confidence among potential investors.

We would like to remind the President that foreign investors are currently shying away from Zimbabwe due to policy inconsistencies and the controversial Indigenization Policy and the current fights within his party will only serve to instill more fear and uncertainty among potential foreign investors,” reads the statement.

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The brutal Zanu PF fights which have reached a sour stage have drained all the attention needed to map the way forward to alleviate hunger in the country.

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“Zimbabwe is facing a severe food shortage that has seen about 3 million people in urgent need of food aid. Other critical sectors of the economy remain in a dire state as well,” said CiZC.

CIZC  expressed its agony over government’s reluctance towards reviving the economy.

“Instead of expending their energies on revival of the national economy, ruling party officials have become pre-occupied with factional fights in a bid to ensure their continued stay in political offices while the economy burns.

The factional wars, which have mostly been centered around the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, who has taken every opportunity to lash out at senior government and party officials, have exonerated CIZC’s long held view that Zimbabwe is reeling from the effects of poor political leadership that is characterized by the will to power rather than the will to transform,” reads the statement.

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