Paul Nyathi

The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T, says it will take part in the anti-sanctions commemorations on Sunday.

Speaking in the National Assembly during debate on the effectiveness of the re-engagement process, MDC-T secretary for finance and economic affairs, who is also Hatfield legislator, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, said the opposition was opposed to sanctions on Zimbabwe.

“We, in the opposition, do not support sanctions. We want the sanctions removed like yesterday. So, we want to help you to remove these sanctions. We don’t support sanctions. We want them removed,” he said.

He said that the party’s acting president Dr Thokozani Khupe, as the chairperson of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) International Re-engagement committee, has been on a thrust to re-engage the Western world.

“Dr Khupe has been doing a lot of work to try to assist in re-engagement and engagement so she must be supported to assist in that regard. However, those issues must also be addressed as I have highlighted so that we have no excuse for any other country continuing to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe,” he said.

As opposition parties, Dr Mashakada said their role was not to just attack the Government but also advise.