MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said the MDC manifesto was grounded in the aspirations of Zimbabweans.
Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamaba on Monday told the official press that the MDC and Dr Simba Makoni’s manifestos were inspired by the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) passed by the US government at the height of the land grab.
Charamba, the permanent secretary in the ministry of information, routinely confuses his role as a paid civil servant with that of a Zanu (PF) functionary.
Makoni’s spokesman Godfrey Chanetsa refused to respond to “rubbish.”
But Chamisa maintained the MDC’s land and agrarian reform policy recognized the country’s brutal colonial past of plunder and greed and the obligation of creating a modern State which recognizes land as a finite resource that should guarantee food security.
“The 33-page manifesto unveiled in Mutare at the weekend shows five key priority areas that are solidly grounded in the aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe,” Chamisa said. “The MDC believes that Charamba must concentrate on producing the Zanu (PF) manifesto, which he has failed to do, instead of attacking other parties’ manifestos. Zanu (PF) has simply failed to produce a manifesto of its own because its record on the ground speaks for itself.”
Zanu (PF) spokesman Nathan Shamuyarira claimed this week the ruling party manifesto would be unveiled this coming weekend. Â