Mugabe addressed parliament just a week after his
minister of finance, Samuel Mumbengegwi presented
outrageous and unrealistic budget estimates for the
year ahead. There was nothing different from the
hallucinating of Mugabe who said, “The economy must
grow largely owing to agricultural productivity
following massive injection of resources and funding
into that sector.”
He was apparently referring to his regime’s spending
of huge amounts of funds in purchasing agricultural
equipment it is using to bribe the electorate into
voting for Mugabe and Zanu (PF) at next year’s
elections.
Mugabe added that he expects growth to be caused by
the mining sector, which is also under a lot of
uncertainty due to his regime’s intention to introduce
legislation that will enable it to possess the
majority of shares in the sector.
“He is simply delusional,” MDC spokesman, Nelson
Chamisa said. “He sounds very much out of touch with
reality and that proves the urgent need for a
political process that must usher a new era to save
the country.”
Job Sikhala, an MDC MP added, “Mugabe is still too
stubborn to accept his failures and that is a
tragedy.”
The embattled 83 year-old dictator also said next
year’s elections will be free and fair but without
explaining how, at a time there is a high likelihood
of the collapse of talks between his party and the
opposition due to his reluctance to accept crucial
electoral and political reforms.
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