War veterans have recommended that Government pronounce October 25, 2019 a public holiday.
Sadc leaders recently declared October 25 as a day for the Southern Africa region to show solidarity with Zimbabwe in the fight against illegal Western sanctions, and war veterans say that historic gesture by the bloc would be well-complimented by making the day a public holiday.
Zanu-PF Secretary for Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Ex-Political Prisoners, Detainees and Restrictees, Cde Douglas Mahiya commended Sadc for its decision to stand with Zimbabwe.
“It would be very good for the day to be declared a holiday. If the President says that day is a holiday it means that industry, farmers, doctors and everyone must be supportive of that day.
“The day is very important, this is a day Zimbabweans should demonstrate how progressive they are because here is a whole region supporting Zimbabwe,” said Cde Mahiya.
He described the opposition MDC-Alliance and its leaders as misguided elements who were bent on causing disharmony in a peaceful country.
“They are a clique of misdirected, politically immature people who still give the white man support to suppress the black Zimbabweans,” said Cde Mahiya.
He also added that sanctions are not only a threat to Zimbabwe, but the region at large.
“Let’s talk about trade for example, Zimbabwe does not consume everything it produces and the same applies for the other regional countries, they produce surplus and that surplus has to be sold to other countries hence countries require a trade congruent where they meet and trade and sanctions have actually affected the region in that respect.
“We are pleased that at the end of the day the region is now satisfied that the fight against sanctions is real and affects everybody. Sanctions are a weapon of mass destruction and they are corrosive as said by the President before.
“Sanctions are meant to punish a nation in order for imperialism to take charge of the economy of that particular country,” he said.
Cde Mahiya said finer details of the anti-sanctions day would be discussed at the Former Liberation Movements Summit in Victoria Falls in September.
