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Obert Mpofu on a vote buying spree
Movement
for Democratic Change
November
09, 2012
The MDC has
read with disdain mischievous reports from surrogates of ZANU PF
propaganda that there are wide fissures in the party's Matabelelend
North province and also the alleged plot to suspend all councillors
in Victoria Falls. These reports are unfounded, misleading and a
product of the maize-for-vote campaign trail spearheaded by Obert
Mpofu the Minister of Mines and Mining Development.
For the record,
the party has embarked on a grassroots audit programme that seeks
to ascertain the structures in all provinces in Zimbabwe. The aim
of the exercise is to strengthen grassroots structures, clear grey
areas on party policy and procedure and ensure that every party
structure is aimed at the ultimate goal of unseating the brutish
and corrupt Zanu PF practices that have left the country in limbo.
The party is
aware that due to shady deals at the diamond
mines in Marange and the subsequent refusal to remit proceeds
to treasury in an open and transparent manner, Zanu PF has gone
on a naive campaign trail in Matabeleland characterised by massive
binges and gluttony.
"It is
Zanu PF through Obert Mpofu who are peddling lies yet the Party
of Excellence is firm. In Matabeleland North, we will claim 13 districts
including Obert Mpofu's constituency which is up for grabs.
Obert will learn that money cannot buy a person's heart. The people
will not vote on the bases of wealth but they will do so on the
basis of character and moral standing in the community and a good
party policy document." Sengezo Tshabangu Provincial MDC Chairman
for Matabeleland North said.
Tshabangu said
the party will not be moved by Obert Mpofu's strategy which
intelligence gathered shows that he intends to buy off all MDC candidates
by offering them undisclosed amounts of money so that on the day
when they should hand in their papers at the nomination court they
are nowhere to be found and only Zanu Pf candidates are available
uncontested.
The MDC is determined
that Matabeleland people cannot be bought through a meal and beer
at a rally at the expense of critical developmental projects that
have been spearheaded ever since the party went into the inclusive
government. People are aware that children can now attend school,
there is value for money on goods, health care is improving, and
roads are being repaired and constructed due to sound policies and
a willing political acumen displayed by the MDC's invigorated
leadership in government.
The majority
of people in Matabeleland North, due to massive intimidation before
Obert Mpofu's rallies have adopted a strategy of survival
where they attend his rallies for food and beer while in their hearts
are bitter about the unresolved cases of abuse, abduction and perpetual
torture dating back to the Gukurahundi era which to date Zanu PF
has denied to avoid atonning for the damage.
It is a pity
that Mpofu has chosen to use state resources on petty political
aspirations with no national appeal at the expense of the suffering
of the people in Matabeleland North. The proceeds from diamonds
which surely are lubricating this scandalous Zanu PF campaign could
go a long way if they were used to tar the road to Tsholotsho, build
bridges, buy books for children in the province, among other essentials.
The MDC reiterates
its call for people in Zimbabwe to be aware of the hyena in sheep's
skin. True democracy as witnessed through the elections in the USA
recently can only be achieved when the MDC is given the mandate
to lead the nation. The party is aware of the massive abuse of people
in Matabeleland by Zanu PF due to the poverty which the same party
has thrust upon them over decades of misrule and neglect.
The MDC promises
to treat all people as equal and desist from the Zanu Pf looting
syndrome which has compelled anyone with resources to concentrate
on one area where they have interests excluding the rest. The political
endgame is in site and surely some will atone for the ill-gotten
wealth which is driving Zimbabweans into abject poverty, misery,
suffering and death.
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