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Ministry
of Information abdicates national duty
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
September
17, 2009
The MDC is seriously
worried by the manner the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity
has abdicated its national responsibility to the taxpayer in pursuit
of the shameful parochial interests of protecting one exclusive
political party in the inclusive government.
The public media
has been abused to become the theatre and arena of maligning and
vilifying the MDC, its leadership and members at the expense of
covering pertinent issues affecting the ordinary man and woman.
The Ministry
of Media, Information and Publicity is the spokes-ministry of the
inclusive government in its entirety. The public media, under the
express orders of ministry officials, have become willing vehicles
of spreading hate speech, divisions and tension in the inclusive
government through overt bias and positive coverage of ministers
and officials from one political party.
The MDC condemns
the partisan use of public institutions such as the public media
to the detriment of national and public interest. For years, the
MDC has been a perennial victim of unbridled propaganda. Ironically,
the ridicule, abuse and vilification have intensified since the
formation of the inclusive government in February 2009. The latest
victim is Finance Minister Hon Tendai Biti who is on the receiving
end of a vicious war by Zanu PF bigwigs used to free handouts who
are now fighting tenaciously and extra-legally to have access to
IMF funds that are outside the control of the usual Father Christmas-the
Central Bank.
It would not
be illogical to conclude that the life of Hon Biti, just like other
MDC officials and ministers, is in danger judging by the vitriol
being spewed by The Herald and the ZBC. A month ago, Hon Biti received
a live bullet in his mail and it appears there has not been any
investigation on the matter.
The past seven
months have seen the sunset of political debauchery and corruption
and the emergence of a new sunrise of hope for the people of Zimbabwe.
That hope; the nation's hope is under serious threat from
the partisan use of strategic national institutions to undermine
the new political dispensation. The Ministry of Media, Information
and Publicity and its puppet media have lost all credibility in
the eyes of Zimbabweans who want to nurture the new era of prosperity
and hope.
The MDC regards
the lampooning and hate speech against its Ministers and officials
as a threat to the Global
Political Agreement. We are worried about the threat posed to
the longevity of the GPA by a retinue of sulking remnants from the
old order which is hell-bent on undermining the hope that had begun
to be engendered by the inclusive government.
The MDC is a
party of excellence. Despite the open season of threats and provocative
behaviour, we remain steadfast on our agenda to keep our promise
of delivering real change to the people of Zimbabwe. We want dignity,
security, democracy, freedoms, prosperity and hope.
Together to
the end, marching to a new Zimbabwe.
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