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Diamond proceeds can alleviate the plight of war veterans
Movement
for Democratic Change
October
04, 2012
Sanity prevailed
yesterday as war veterans disbanded their illegal, misplaced demonstration
directed at the Finance Ministry yesterday.
This politically
motivated gathering failed to generate any positive outcome prompting
Minister Biti to quickly highlight that the War veterans were knocking
at the wrong door. Minister Biti demonstrated beyond reasonable
doubt that the MDC is the only party which takes time to listen
to people's concerns, war veterans included.
The war veterans
are well advised to, instead, question why the Marange diamonds
are being looted in broad day light by new black capitalists at
the expense of their welfare and every Zimbabwean. The war veterans
are privy to the goings on at Marange
and other diamond mines because some are former employees who
were relieved of their duties after demanding transparency.
Zimbabwe being
the military state it has become, it would be interesting to hear
if the war veterans were granted police clearance prior to their
demonstration. The conspicuous absence of the police which should
have been regulating their conduct is also an interesting dimension
to this demonstration.
War veterans
are advised that the Ministry of Finance and therefore the Minister,
Hon Tendai Biti gets money from revenue collected through economic
activities like mining which however does not find its way into
the fiscus, but is rather funding a Zanu PF's parallel government.
The MDC being
a pro poor party sympathises with the War Veterans and shares their
concerns of wanting to ensure that state resources are shared equally
to create a sustanable economy. The Party of Excellence assures
war veterans that once in power, their dignity and welfare will
be catered for.
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