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Zvamaida Murwira, Senior Reporter
President Mnangagwa’s game changing economic strategies and the milestones achieved have plunged the opposition into disarray and early political retirement owing to self-inflicted internal contradictions, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere, has said.
“As the month of September comes to a close, it is crucial to reflect on the life cycle of the Second Republic. It has been a year since President Mnangagwa was overwhelmingly elected into office as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. This was against the odds of imperialist-impounded reactionary machinations,” Dr Muswere wrote in yesterday’s edition of The Sunday Mail.
“His policy milestones sent the opposition to early political retirement. The collapse of the opposition due to internal contradictions, lack of political gravitas and President Mnangagwa’s game-changing economic strategies have changed Zimbabwe’s political terrain. The collapse of a colonially-enabled opposition furthers the much-needed support for the immediate and unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.”
He said a year after President Mnangagwa was re-elected after the harmonised elections in August last year, the opposition had remained in limbo, never to rise.
“With a diminished rabble-rousing factionally degenerated opposition, the nationalist movement is now in better stead than ever before. A year after his re-election, the opposition remains buried in defeat, with no hopes of resurrection in the near future. History will remember President Mnangagwa for this political feat,” said Dr Muswere.
One of President Mnangagwa’s legacies was the rise in the country’s Gross Domestic Product which had resulted in the turning around of the economy.
“On a broader side of our national question, Dr Mnangagwa’s renewed mandate is better underscored in terms of our upward spiralling Gross Domestic Product.
“Among his other legacy footprints is fiscal consolidation, monetary policy restoration, liberalisation of the foreign exchange, market structural transformation, governance reforms and infrastructural development, as well as the success of the engagement and re-engagement policy,” he said.
“As Vision 2030 beckons, poverty eradication is fast becoming clear for all who care to see, thanks to the National Development Strategy 1, whose successful execution has given tangible policy deliverables to the Second Republic. NDS2 is coming to mop up the reform remnants of a national renaissance that began in November 2017.”
The escalating level of legislative and policy reform locomotives by President Mnangagwa’s leadership would continue to repair Zimbabwe’s international reputation, which had suffered an onslaught since the nation took up the agrarian revolution.
On the diplomatic front, said Dr Muswere, the successful hosting of the 44th Ordinary SADC Heads of State and Government Summit voluminously emphasised Zimbabwe’s strategic diplomatic repositioning, as the summit helped Zimbabwe to declare its foundational commitment to regional integration.
“This is a prerogative we draw from our anti-colonial predisposition. We won our independence due to the collaborative support we received from our neighbours and other progressive global allies.
“Likewise, outside our membership protocols to the regional bloc, Zimbabwe has a moral obligation and an ideological burden to support any initiative that stands in the way of imperialist interests.”
He outlined the infrastructure developments rolled out by the Government that included a newly rehabilitated Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport marked by a world-class pavilion, major road construction and top-notch up-scaling of hotel and conferencing facilities.
“The rest of the region is now fully aware of the pragmatic development initiatives being undertaken in Zimbabwe, thanks to the consistent and steadfast industrial brilliance of President Mnangagwa, who has progressively nudged the nation to unprecedented levels of socio-economic development,” said Dr Muswere.
He also outlined the good bilateral relations between Zimbabwe and China in many facets of the economy which saw President Mnangagwa undertaking a State visit to China where he participated in China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit drawing other African leaders.
“The FOCAC summit gives an audit of the economic dividends that have been realised as a result of Zimbabwe’s longstanding political collegiality with the People’s Republic of China.
“FOCAC strengthened and deepened Zimbabwe-China relations, as evidenced by renewed terms of cooperation between the two nations in many spheres of economic development,” he said.
Reflecting on President Mnangagwa’s 82nd birthday on September 15, Dr Muswere said it was a milestone characterised by selfless dedication to the nation.
He commended President Mnangagwa for his great contribution to the foundational architecture of the State before independence where he held several positions until he became the Head of State and Government.
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