MDC-T says Mugabe should resign for failing to curb corruption

President Robert Mugabe should step down immediately because he has completely and utterly failed to curb corruption which has become the biggest scourge in the country and is worse than disease, hunger and poverty, the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai said today.

The main opposition party said what was more disturbing was that Mugabe’s close relatives were involved.

“Despite the suffering this evil practice has brought upon the people of Zimbabwe, Mugabe seems to be inherently incapacitated to plug the rot,” The MDC-T said in a statement.

“What is more worrying is that while it is evident that corruption has decimated the fabric of our society, and destroying the economy and people’s lives, Mugabe‘s intransigency on the matter is shockingly unacceptable and cannot be tolerated a day longer.

“Apparently it is emerging that his office is in fact deeply implicated in these unscrupulous deals. The involvement of Mugabe’s close relatives vindicates this assertion and Mugabe must be forced to resign.”

The party said report after report from the Auditor General’s Office has pointed to the gross abuse of authority by members of Mugabe’s regime, through a culture of poor corporate governance.

“It has come to us that the greatest crisis in Zimbabwe is not disease, hunger or poverty but corruption under the failed regime of Robert Mugabe. Therefore, Mugabe should simply leave office immediately. There is no other viable solution to the socio-economic catastrophe that is currently engulfing Zimbabwe,” the party said.

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