Zimbabweans a leaderless population: Busha
By Admire Machiwenyika – The FreeZim Congress president Joseph Busha has criticised the lacklustre government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by calling Zimbabweans a leaderless population, over the lack of seriousness and preparedness to deal with a series of recent disasters.
With the recent ongoing cyclone Idai that had claimed a lot of lives in Manicaland and other neighbouring countries, Busha castigated the government for ignoring the cyclone warning prior to the disaster.
“The unfortunate part is that there was a full warning about this disaster, on the part of government there was not sufficient preparations and they could have send rescue teams. The government knew this was coming and yet they did not prepare.
“In the recent three months this has shown that as a country we are going nowhere we are leaderless population, where we do not have people with a plan to take us forward,” expressed Busha.
With reference to Battlefields Mines disaster the FreeZim president expressed concern over the government’s lack of commitment to address National disasters.
“Earlier as you are aware in February or mid-March we had the issue of mining disaster as well, it’s quit sad, yes government is trying to promote artisanal mining, for the young.
l also believe it’s politicking if you then promote anyone to go to a mine without operational safety measures in place and without risk management measures in place for jus an individual to be told you can go underground and do as you please.
“The government should always have a rescue plan in place and we saw that as we lost about 70 lives during that time,” he added.
Whilst addressing journalist in the capital the outspoken leader has called president Mnangagwa a coward for failing to grant him a one on one discussion despite his numerous requests.
“Then there is the issue of interparty dialogue, l am not part of that. I wrote to the president, to say meet and have a shared vision about the country and he refused, so my position is that he is scared ideas, he is coward from a discussion perspective,” said Busha.
The FreeZim Congress leader just like the MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have decided to snub the earlier calls by President Mnangagwa for an all-political parties’ dialogue, by both describing the process as compromised.
