By Prince Machaya, HARARE
Zimbabwe
President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has dissolved his cabinet as he moved Monday to refocus his administration’s energies towards reclaiming victory in national elections due this Wednesday.
Addressing his outgoing
cabinet in Harare on Monday, the Zimbabwean leader praised his ministers for
what he said was a dedicated service during tour of duty in the past five
years.
The Zanu PF leader and
presidential candidate, who sees off a term characterised massive corruption,
incessant power outages, currency hitches and a tough handle on opponents, told
his ministers his party was headed for victory.
“Today’s meeting marks the end of this session of cabinet ahead of the harmonised general elections being held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023.
“We are confident of a
resounding victory as the Second Republic,” he said.
Mnangagwa said poll victory
prospects were buoyed by what he said was a good performance in the past five
years.
“Most immediately, our focus
is now on Wednesday’s elections which our revolutionary party, Zanu PF is
poised to resoundingly win, given our record of performance in the past five
years.
“I wish all those contesting
in the elections great success in your respective constituencies.”
Mnangagwa believes his
administration delivered on its mandate.
“The unity of purpose and hard
work exhibited over the last five years has seen us delivering on our mandate,
with unprecedented results across the socio-economic spectrum.
“The transformation,
industrialisation and modernisation of the economy and upliftment of
livelihoods towards the attainment of Vision 2030 of an empowered and
prosperous upper middle-income society is evident.
“Congratulations to you all
and the respective government ministries, departments and agencies which you
superintended over,” he said.
The Zanu PF politician faces
fierce challenge from his main opposition rival Nelson Chamisa of CCC.
There are 11 presidential
candidates on the ballot paper who include MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora.
Mwonzora announced recently he
was pulling out of the race citing what he found to be a calculated ploy by ZEC
and the courts to destroy his party.
This followed failure by 87
MDC-T parliamentary candidates to pass through the nomination process following
challenges experienced in the transfer of fees through the local banking
system.
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