THE newly-formed Zimbabweans United for Democracy (Zunde) party has blasted major political parties in the country accusing them of betrayal and failing to guarantee freedom among the people.
BY OBEY MANAYITI
Zunde secretary-general Moses Chamboko slammed Zanu PF for its policy inconsistencies and MDC-T for the “big tent” strategy where it was hoping to get along with former ruling party senior officials operating under the name People First.
“Zimbabwe has failed to progress from the illusion of independence to the reality of freedom because of betrayal, firstly, by Zanu PF corruption, power politics, and then lately by the naive and treacherous former opposition,”he said.
“This is the tragedy of our political development. Independence was cheaper, but freedom will be much more expensive.
“The fight for independence had clear white targets, but now the targets for freedom are hidden in the corrupt and treacherous black hearts of Zanu PF.”
On the other hand, Chamboko urged the MDC-T to stop playing with the people after it allegedly donated parliamentary seats to Zanu PF following its by-election boycott stance.
He alleged the so-called “big tent” which the MDC-T was talking about was joining former Zanu PF characters among them Didymus Mutasa, Temba Mliswa and Jabulani Sibanda who “only yesterday were terrorising opposition members and farmers against any resistance to dictatorship”.
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On Saturday during missing activist Itai Dzamara’s prayer meeting, Tsvangirai shared the stage with Mliswa and Sibanda.
The move was described by analysts and political commentators as a welcome development in Zimbabwean politics.
But Chamboko described the idea as “selling out”.
“We are not surprised that Morgan Tsvangirai calls these pretenders heroes because he did the same for Mugabe during the GNU (Government of National Unity).
“We are not naïve or cowards. Soon we will expose these emerging real Weevils. Sellouts must stand aside,” he said.
“Barely converted Border Gezi commanders and Zanu PF thugs who have raped, tortured and maimed innocent civilians in the name of Zanu PF will trick him no matter how Tsvangirai tries.”
Chamboko said Zunde was building a “clean and sincere platform to bring genuine hope for Zimbabwe”.
