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“Even if it is not learned, a dog knows how to protect its home. It refuses to allow strangers to invade its home. There are people in the party who do not know who they are.”
He also condemned political parties who were receiving funding from Western countries to destabilise sovereign African countries through inciting violence.
Cde Sibanda said the gains of the liberation struggle were under threat of being reversed by puppet political parties that are being used by former colonisers.
In a direct attack on the MDC formations, Cde Sibanda said violent uprisings in Africa and the Arab world were a result of Western machinations through sponsored political movements not founded on revolutionary principles.
“People should understand that until our people stop receiving funding from Western countries to cause violence, we will continue to have problems,” said Cde Sibanda. “As war veterans, we are not a violent people. We believe in ideas. We have an ideology. We believe that one day ideas will defeat weapons. Zanu-PF does not believe in violence. But if worse comes to worst, weapons will defend our ideas.”
Cde Sibanda said war veterans would remain steadfast in defending the sovereignty of the country and commended President Mugabe for his unwavering stand against neocolonialism.
He described President Mugabe as a voice of reason and conscience in global politics and said the whole world acknowledged his ability to tell the truth in the United Nations.
Cde Sibanda said the length of President Mugabe’s leadership should not be measured in years but in terms of fulfilling revolutionary goals.
He also challenged Zanu-PF members to be conscious of their revolutionary identity and to take the lead in safeguarding it.
Cde Sibanda said the inclusive Government was a dysfunctional arrangement whose continued existence was an insult to the departed heroes.
He challenged the Government and the party to recognise the role of war collaborators in the liberation struggle by coming up with specific empowerment programmes for them.
“We are aware that among ourselves pane kutarisiranapasi. Mujibas and chimbwidos are looked down upon yet they played a critical role in the liberation struggle. They stood between the barrels of the enemy and the freedom fighters.
“But there is no specific programme or ministry to cater for them. This conference should come up with resolutions to address the issue,” said Cde Sibanda.
Responding to Cde Sibanda’s remarks, Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said his concerns have been noted and the party would act on them.
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