MDC-T Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora, says he is happy after holding different rallies in the Midlands Province, where ZANU PF members have defected to his party.
Yesterday the MDC-T completed its round of cluster rallies in the Midlands North Province with an emphatic rally in Ngezi, Kadoma. These rallies are interactive and meant to assess the state of the Party in each province. They are meant to enable the party to assess what the topical issues and concerns are in each province.
Said Mwonzora: From the rallies done so far we are happy to note that the support of the MDC-T is excellent. A number of people have defected from Zanu PF to join MDCT. Some people who left the MDCT for other parties have also retraced their footprints and rejoined the party. We are naturally elated by this and in terms of our big tent approach we welcomed them with both hands.
The issues that were canvassed at these rallies include the grinding poverty to which Zimbabwe has been consigned by this vile regime, chronic unemployment, total collapse of industry, corruption by state officials and the politicization of food aid. Zimbabweans are riled by the theft of their $15bn as acknowledged by President Mugabe recently. They are mifed by the fact that in spite of its undertaking to create 2.2 million jobs, Zanu PF government has instead exacerbated unemployment. Even those who are employed can not get their salaries. Of those few whose employers have paid salaries, can not access same because there is no money at the banks.
There is general agreement that instead of tackling the national problems, the Zanu PF bigwigs are enmeshed in the debilitating succession conundrum. The people are therefore agreed that the only way of moving Zimbabwe out of it social, political and economic quagmire is to remove the regime of Robert Mugabe.
Of course signs of panic on the part of Zanu PF are there for all to see. In order to affect the turn out at the MDCT rallies, the Zanu PF slaughtered a number of cattle to temporarily feed the people. The good thing is that the people ate the meat and still attended the MDCT rallies.
MP Paul Mavhima tried to incite violence against the MDCT leadership. He however pathetically went into hiding behind some dilapidated shop when he saw Vice President Thokozani Khupe. We will not be intimidated. We shall overcome. Victory is certain.