War Veterans Demands Shocking, Unrealistic-PDZ
Terrence Mawawa, Masvingo| War veterans are demanding school fee allowances, land, mining concessions, government jobs, among a raft of wishes.
The Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe (PDZ)has described the demands made by the war vets as shocking and unrealistic in a nation grappling with economic chaos.
Reacting to the demands, PDZ spokesperson John Anderson Nyawo, said in a statement yesterday the party has noted with sadness the outrageous demands raised by the former freedom fighters adding the conditions, if effected,would plunge the nation into further abyss.
The war veterans are demanding 20% each under the controversial indigenisation policy, 10% in the mining sector, exemption from tax, free allocation of residential stands and clearing of personal debts by the state. In 1997 the war veterans were granted the then $50 000 dollars each in a move that ignited social and economic turmoil.
Nyawo said the demands by the war veterans were ill-timed given the fragile state of the country’s economy. “While we acknowledge and applaud the role played by the war veterans during the liberation struggle, we are saddened by the timing of the demands from the former freedom fighters. We are fully aware of the fact that the liberation struggle’s founding principles were based on sacrifice and selflessness. The liberation struggle was never about monetary gains. Although we fully salute and commend the role they played during the liberation struggle, as PDZ,we have learnt with shock and utmost disapproval the proposal and demands to the government that were put forward by the war veterans. We believe that real war veterans stand for and with the people always ,” said Nyawo.
PDZ president Barbara Nyagomo called on the war veterans to seriously consider the socio-economic turmoil in the country.
“The government is struggling to pay civil servants and any extra financial load will plunge the nation into further economic turmoil. We are not defending the government but we are worried about the plight of ordinary Zimbabweans,” said Nyagomo.
The government has been struggling to pay civil servants and there has been increasing unrest among the government workers.Several government departments have suspended operations due to financial constraints in the wake of escalating unemployment.
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Salute them my foot. War veterans for who 36 years into democracy. They have caused serious problems already in our n country. We equally played a big roll in the struggle relaying information to and from them. We lost shops that the majority of them looted without compensation or without them paying a cent. Our sisters’ lives where ruined by a lot of them. They demanded $50000 then when money was still money and they bought vegetables for cows instead of starting businesses.
They are the beneficiaries of the chaotic land reform program where they killed innocent people and they are growing soyer grass.
To come out now again to try and scare Mugabe and all of us in the name of benefiting because they fought the liberation struggle is true mockery in place of reality. They can go to he’ll and better not come back.
What is it that’s left in this country that they can loot. Go hell vana mkoma and you can take Zanu PF with you. (Shameless propagandists) we are not listening and we won’t say this to you with a granule of respect because you clearly don’t deserve it.
Salute them my foot. War veterans for who 36 years into democracy. They have caused serious problems already in our n country. We equally played a big roll in the struggle relaying information to and from them. We lost shops that the majority of them looted without compensation or without them paying a cent. Our sisters’ lives where ruined by a lot of them. They demanded $50000 then when money was still money and they bought vegetables for cows instead of starting businesses.
They are the beneficiaries of the chaotic land reform program where they killed innocent people and they are growing soyer grass.
To come out now again to try and scare Mugabe and all of us in the name of benefiting because they fought the liberation struggle is true mockery in place of reality. They can go to he’ll and better not come back.
What is it that’s left in this country that they can loot. Go hell vana mkoma and you can take Zanu PF with you. (Shameless propagandists) we are not listening and we won’t say this to you with a granule of respect because you clearly don’t deserve it.