Mugabe: delusional
President Robert Mugabe still believes his regime is capable, and in fact working, on reviving the country's ravaged economy, as suggested in his state of the nation address here on Tuesday afternoon. His political opponents have described him as "simply delusional".
Harare - Mugabe addressed parliament just a week after his Minister of Finance, Samuel Mumbengegwi presented outrageous and unrealistic budget estimates for the year ahead.
There was nothing different from the hallucinating of Mugabe who said, "The economy must grow largely owing to agricultural productivity following massive injection of resources and funding into that sector."
He was apparently referring to his regime's spending of huge amounts of funds in purchasing agricultural equipment it is using to bribe the electorate into voting for Mugabe and Zanu (PF) at next year's elections.
Mugabe added that he expects growth to be caused by the mining sector, which is also under a lot of uncertainty due to his regime's intention to introduce legislation that will enable it to possess the majority of shares in the sector.
"He is simply delusional," MDC spokesman, Nelson Chamisa said. "He sounds very much out of touch with reality and that proves the urgent need for a political process that must usher a new era to save the country."
Job Sikhala, an MDC MP added, "Mugabe is still too stubborn to accept his failures and that is a tragedy."
The embattled 83-year-old dictator also said next year's elections will be free and fair but without explaining how, at a time there is a high likelihood of the collapse of talks between his party and the opposition due to his reluctance to accept crucial electoral and political reforms.
Article courtesy of TheZimbabwean
