INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa has launched an indirect attack at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing the country\u2019s dire economic situation as resembling a bus with no driver.<\/p>\n
He was addressing a group of residents in his constituency recently.<\/p>\n
The outspoken lawmaker said the situation in the country was so desperate that citizens now survived by God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am here to inform you that the current situation in the country is terrible. What I came to inform you is the situation is horrible\u2026\u201d said the former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chair.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cWe might sit here all day lying to ourselves but the situation is horrible and I also do not have the remedies to the country\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a bus without a driver going nowhere, whether it will arrive or it will be involved in an accident, we never know. We are only surviving because of God\u2019s grace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe is in the throes of its worst economic crisis since the 2008 hyper inflationary period.<\/p>\n
The situation is now dominated by acute fuel, power and cash shortages while prices of basic commodities and services are now beyond the reach of many.<\/p>\n
In his address, Mliswa blasted government for offering payment to tobacco farmers in RTGS dollars whose value has rapidly fallen since Mnangagwa took over as the country\u2019s leader 2017.<\/p>\n
\u201cFood issues are now the major problems in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTobacco farmers are the major players in the survival of the people but these farmers are neglected because they were promised to be paid 50% in foreign currency but where is that money they were promised!<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s daylight robbery. I was at parliament recently where I asked the Minister of Finance that what kind of a government are they which robs its citizens because you claim that Bond notes and the US dollar are equivalent and after that, you introduce Bond Note. You wonder what is really going on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is ill-treating its citizens, robbing them and they actually expect investors to invest in Zimbabwe. Who would want to invest in such a country?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mliswa has often avoided direct attacks on President Mnangagwa despite claims he held independent thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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