HARARE – The manifesto for the ruling Zanu (PF) says the party will use its 25 years of experience to implement “revolutionary changes of our national economy to empower our own people once and for all”.
According to the manifesto, the party will lower and control interest rates, control the price of basic commodities, resolve gender concerns and accelerate infrastructural development.
The country’s abundant resources such as land and mines would be given to priority groups including communal peasants, war veterans and collaborators, former political prisoners and detainees, young graduates and other professionals and indigenous business people who demonstrate the capacity for mining and agriculture, the document said.
Zanu (PF) vowed to boost the industrial base and support the development of small and medium-scale enterprises, especially in rural areas. The party would promote the establishment of more export processing zones and industrial parks and provide tax incentives to the indigenous business community so they could establish industries in smaller towns and growth points, it said.
It said that the party would, after the elections, do away with the Lancaster House Constitution and replace it with a home-grown constitution, taking into account relevant views made by people. Observers pointed out that this was in direct contradiction with President Mugabe’s frequent assertions that the current constitution was a “sacrosanct” document and that there was no need for a new constitution.
The party also claims it would foster moral values, renew national confidence, maintain peace and stability, give the workers their due representation and empower indigenous people, the manifesto said.
Analysts were skeptical of the Zanu (PF) promises, saying it was folly to expect the ruling party to deliver on these issues, which the party has dismally failed to address in the past 27 years. – Chief Reporter
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