Mnangagwa Is A Genuine Reformer, Claims Mutsvangwa
27 September 2019
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PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is a genuine and committed reformist keen on seeing Zimbabweans fully enjoying freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution.


This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday while officially opening a national consultative workshop on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill, the Freedom of Information Bill and the Draft National Media and Film Industry policy in Mutare.


The workshop attracted stakeholders from film, advertising, broadcasting and print media, civic organisations and scholars in the media fraternity.
“I want to give an assurance from the onset. President Mnangagwa is a genuine and committed reformer,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.


“This came from the briefing he gave to me as he assigned me to my new ministerial task.


“He wants Zimbabwe to fully enjoy the freedoms they entrenched in the 2013 Constitution of which he was one of the legal brains at the forefront.”


“Our task is thus made easier because my principal, the President, aspires to nurture a culture of democratic discourse and governance that removes any hindrances to the full realisation of the Zimbabweans at work, at play and at worship,” she said.


Minister Mutsvangwa said President Mnangagwa’s keenness to reform systems deemed undemocratic was evident.


“You can see this in practice. He has opened debate on every subject and dispensed with any political taboos all the way to the Gukurahundi affair.
“He is dispensing with all elements of fear in the national body politic,” added Minister Mutsvangwa.


She said the President also pledged to repeal laws that infringe on the rights of Zimbabweans.


“He has gone further to give an undertaking to the international community including the critical Western countries that AIPPA is going to be repealed and that is what we are here for. We have done our best at both the Ministry and Cabinet level. Now it is your turn to peruse, critique and approve,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.State media