Jane Mlambo| Harare Residents Trust Director, Precious Shumba has blasted the ruling party and main opposition MDC for ignoring the economy while concentrating on fighting over who has the most support.

Commenting in the Daily News, Shumba said Economy was in turmoil owing a legitimacy crisis that followed a disputed electoral outcome in the July 30 harmonised elections.

Below is an excerpt from Shumba’s comment in The Daily News;

The major political highlights in 2018 included the elections held on July 30, 2018, where the majority in urban areas hoped for the ouster of Zanu PF but the party fought back through their rural strongholds. However, the major highlight was that the rural areas were largely accessible to the opposition but the major talking point is how far the rural areas have been democratised to embrace modernity and new political thinking.

On August 1, 2018, the death of six innocent civilians remains a major dent on the political scene. Those people died at the hands of politicians desperate for political power. Either way the politicians are responsible for the deaths of the innocent people.

The country is in turmoil owing to the socioeconomic and political challenges emanating from the legitimation crisis that we face. Fuel queues and shortages of basic commodities is making life extremely difficult for everyone.

The politicians ironically are not paying attention to this. Instead they are still fighting on who has the most support, who has the absolute power, and who is in charge.

Our politics is rotten to the core. Political leaders are insensitive, and they do not have the heart of responsible and accountable leadership.

-Daily News