{"id":4344,"date":"2024-09-16T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2024-09-16T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:55:29","slug":"douglas-mwonzora-slams-zanu-pfs-focus-on-mnangagwas-term-extension-amidst-socio-economic-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4344","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Mwonzora Slams Zanu PF&#8217;s Focus on Mnangagwa&#8217;s Term Extension Amidst Socio-Economic Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Political Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Douglas Mwonzora has strongly criticized the ruling Zanu PF party for prioritizing President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s term extension over addressing the country&#8217;s socio-economic challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the MDC celebrated its 25th anniversary, Mwonzora emphasized that the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering under a corrupt dictatorship that has enriched a few elites while leaving many in poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Many years later, our people still live under a cruel and corrupt dictatorship\u2026 The majority of our people remain consigned to debilitating poverty, misery, and want,&#8221; Mwonzora said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the stark reality faced by Zimbabweans, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 500,000 children out of school due to poverty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mass unemployment forcing college graduates into menial jobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabweans seeking better lives abroad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwonzora condemned Zanu PF&#8217;s obsession with extending Mnangagwa&#8217;s rule, saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While our people are suffering, the ruling party remains obsessed with giving the President and Parliament a third term\u2026 looting our national resources and devising methods of stealing future elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite internal conflicts and fragmentation, Mwonzora expressed confidence in the MDC&#8217;s potential to challenge Zanu PF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Of course, the party has gone through great shocks\u2026 but it remains standing and true to its values. It has been at the forefront of fighting against delimitation and third-termism,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwonzora reaffirmed the MDC&#8217;s commitment to fighting for political, social, and economic reform in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points to note from Mwonzora:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora slams Zanu PF&#8217;s focus on Mnangagwa&#8217;s term extension<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabweans face poverty, unemployment, and lack of access to education and healthcare<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDC commemorates 25th anniversary, reaffirming its commitment to reform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mwonzora confident in MDC&#8217;s potential to challenge Zanu PF despite internal conflicts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Correspondent Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Douglas Mwonzora has strongly criticized the ruling Zanu PF party for prioritizing President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s term extension over addressing the country&#8217;s socio-economic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4346,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions\/4346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}