Losing 2018 Presidential candidate, Egypt Dzinemunhenzva has scoffed at POLAD adding that the platform is for “actors”.

He was responding to the Secretary-General of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Raymond Majongwe who was inquiring on why Dzinemunhenzva was not part of the forum.

Dzinemunhenzva responded sarcastically saying:

Iye munhu akawhina anoda kubatsirwa kutonga here? Ndakanzwa kuti kunoenda maActors. (If a person won the elections, will they need assistance to govern and execute their mandate? I heard (POLAD) is for Actors.)

Dzinemunhenzva is among a few other losing presidential candidates in the 2018 elections who snubbed the forum.

Prominent among them is Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition MDC who describes the forum as a circus and resource-wasting endeavour.

The forum was launched by President Mnangagwa in a bid to dissolve the impasse and tension that is existing amongst citizens. The forum was also premised at finding solutions to socio-economic challenges bedevilling the country.

Meanwhile, whilst participants in the forum argue that it has achieved a lot already, critics believe the forum is tantamount to pouring resources into a drain.