He said this while addressing Mutare residents at Joppa Hall in Chikanga suburb on Saturday.
His party has announced that it is re-uniting with the MDC party led by Welshman Ncube ahead of a planned launch of their United Movement for Democratic Change (UMDC) on March 1 2015 I Bulawayo.
It is not clear if the grand coalition Biti wants would include Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T.
“We are working with other political parties to build a grand coalition. A lot of work is happening. We have to work together to build this coalition,” Biti said.
He bemoaned the industrial decline in the border city of Mutare which used to be a bustling commercial zone.
“Mutare is now a ghost town, a pale shadow of its former glory. There were big companies here like Mutare Border Timbers, Mutare Board and Paper and Quest Motors, but now you cannot talk about that to the young generation without having to explain yourself why these companies are no longer there.
“At one stage in 1995, wealth in Mutare, alone was more than the wealth of the whole of Mozambique in terms of the GDP but now the city is now a scary centre of poverty,” Biti said.
He said the continuous economic decline as well as infrastructure deterioration in Mutare demonstrated Zanu (PF)’s cluelessness on how to remedy the situation.
“As the MDC Renewal Team, we will not leave the people suffering like. That is why we are offering the solution,” he said.
He said the economic challenges facing the people of Zimbabwe had resulted in many people living in squalid housing as they cannot afford decent housing, a situation he said was not conducive for raising families.
“The national constitution talks about the right to human dignity, that dignity has been taken away from men and women of Zimbabwe because they can no longer play their role of providing for their families including buying basic items like bread and milk,” Biti said.
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