MDC Youth Assembly Speaks On Mnangagwa’s SONA
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s long, boring and empty soliloquy disguised as a State Of the Nation Address (SONA) presented yesterday is not only a bunch of useless, contemptuous, superfluous and pernicious lies but rather an insulting and provocative act to the long suffering, hungry and starving ordinary citizens.
It is very clear that Mr Mnangagwa is clueless, hopeless and directionless when it comes to proffering solutions to the country’s socio-economic and political problems.
If anything there, Mr Mnangagwa’s SONA only served to confirm that the septuagenarian is totally divorced from bare issues stalking our people.
It is quite regrettable that Mr Mnangagwa’s speech which was supposedly and ideally expected to touch on issues affecting the nation was glaringly devoid of any mention let alone remedy on issues like lack of electricity, water, fuel, non availability of cash, poor wages, human rights abuses, terror, abductions, illegitimacy and reforms.
As an Assembly, we are very much convinced that the ConCourt selected ruler is far from sad realities affecting our people on daily basis and as such he is not fit to be accorded any attention and respect by our people elected Parliamentarians who live and engage with the suffering masses on daily basis.
As young social democrats who believe in solidarity with the downtrodden, we applaud the decision by MPs who walked out on Mnangagwa as it is a clear sign of people to people solidarity by our legislators.
We would also want to warn Mr Mnangagwa that what our esteemed Parliamentarians did yesterday is just an alarm and a signpost of the massive citizen defiance activities lying ahead.
While our esteemed legislators might be punished by having their allowances withdrawn for five months, we the citizens have nothing to lose except our poverty and chains!
We are very much determined as empoverished youths of this once great nation to walk out of poverty, hopelessness and misery and our only path to do so is by confronting this military regime.
As an Assembly, we are very clear that Mnangagwa has failed and only a leader with a social contract with the people can extricate our country from this taunting malady.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
