Political Correspondent
In a stark and wide-ranging critique, prominent opposition figure and former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has declared that “the center is not holding” in Zimbabwe, warning that the country is “tethering on the brink” due to what he describes as a failed national agenda and rampant state capture.
Biti attributed the crisis primarily to government policy, stating,
“The ill-fated & ill-thought 2030 Agenda has pushed the country to the edge. The disciples of this gospel of chaos must abandon it lest history will be vicious & unkind.”
He further alleged that governance has been hijacked by a dangerous clique, heightening national tensions.
“Looting & the brazen capture of the palace by an overzealous, uncultured, uncouth, unprincipled cabal has heightened tensions & divisions,” Biti claimed, adding that certain groups “pose an existential threat.”
A third critical issue raised was the unresolved land question. Biti suggested that a significant part of the state views the current administration’s policies “as an enrichment exercise by the cabal & also a reversal of the land reform program.”
For ordinary citizens, Biti painted a grim picture of daily life, far removed from political machinations.
“Meanwhile, far from the theater of madness, citizens suffocate from the fumes of huge poverty,” he said.
“The economy has ground to a halt, arrested by liquidity & demand-side constraints. Companies are on their knees. Crime & drug abuse has become rampant.”
As a solution, Biti called for a radical shift in the nation’s direction.
“A new consensus is the answer. One anchored on a new social contract, a new point of citizen engagement. A new constitutional order,” he asserted.
He concluded with a scathing assessment of the current administration and a plea for change:
“The class of 2017 has failed and failed in absolute terms, but they must not take Zim down with them. We deserve better. A new Zimbabwe!!”
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