MDC Youth Assembly Bemoans Extravagance Amidst Debilitating Economic Crises
MDC Youth Assembly notes with concern the debilitating economic crisis at the hands of an extravagant government and a gluttonous self proclaimed President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
In just over a year and half after seizing the country’s Presidency albeit military killings of 01 August 2018, Dambudzo as Mnangagwa is otherwise known, successfully presided over economic plunder that has left millions of our people scrounging for basic commodities like food and water.
The most painstaking, heartbreaking and saddest part of it is that there seems to be no solution and political will under Mnangagwa’s sleeves to curb the current economic crisis.
What is surprising is that amidst the taunting economic malady, Mr Mnangagwa’s government keeps on flaunting extravagance as exhibited by his luxurious plane flights.
While Harare is burning, literally and metaphorically Mr Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxillia too is failing to offer an auxiliary arm of advice to her beleaguered and clueless husband.
In an overt display of heartlessness and extravagance, Mrs Mnangagwa chooses to compete with her husband in munching tax payers money.
Hiding under a so called ‘Angel of Hope Foundation’, Mrs Mnangagwa in a not so angelic manner moves around the country with fuel guzzling top of the range luxurious vehicles and a huge entourage of aides just to play nhodo with emaciated kids in countryside so as to prove a point that she is a ‘caring mother’.
Clearly Mr Mnangagwa is not part of the solution but the exact problem (dambudzo) that is stalking the nation.
This is the same man who was wholly committed to splash USD 1 million on Robert Mugabe’s mausoleum while the nation starves just to prove a point to the Mugabes about his ‘love and loyalty’ to his political mentor.
Dambudzo is the same man who had the audacity to even splash USD 4 million on an anti-sanctions choreography just to shout “Hatizvidi, Ngazviende!” in front of cameras.
It is also regrettable that while Mr Mnangagwa is dancing in mud with the national cake, another arm of the government with an oversight role, the legislature chose to squander USD 5 million under the guise of pre- budget seminar.
As young people of Zimbabwe, we are very much concerned as to who will whistle blow on the scarf man’s expenditure given that the referee is now turning out to be extravagant too!
As the MDC Youth Assembly, we are ready to provide leadership in the generational struggle to save and serve our people from this free spending military dictatorship.
Stephen Sarkozy Chuma_
MDC Youth Assembly National Spokesperson_
