An investigation carried out by this paper revealed that petition forms were now garbage in the towns with some even being used by vendors to wrap fruit at market stalls.
Zanu (PF) initiated the campaign in a bid to force Western countries to remove the so-called ‘sanctions’ it believes have been imposed on President Mugabe and members of his inner circle.
However, the western countries, including the United States of America, have remained adamant that the targeted measures were not hurting ordinary Zimbabwe but affected only Zanu (PF) officials who are accused of trampling on human rights and democracy.
After realising that the western countries would not respond to the Zanu (PF) propaganda campaign, it has been shelved and most of the petition forms did not did not make it to Zanu (PF) headquarters.
"We don't know what they are going to do with these heaps of forms. They are taking up a lot of space from our offices and I feel Zanu (PF) should apologise for wasting taxpayers' funds over this propaganda and useless programme which did not even produce results," said one civil servant who declined to be named.
Another government official who declined to be named said the anti-sanction programme was not a national programme and those who abused government funds to print the material should be held accountable.
"We cannot afford to forgive people who are abusing tax payers money to fund Zanu (PF) propaganda programmes. What is going to happen to all these heaps of papers? The money should have been used to buy stationery for poor schools in rural areas," said the official.
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