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(TALKZIMBABWE) Gono warns against 'Snakes In Suits'

Gono warns against 'Snakes In Suits'
Ralph Mutema
Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:30:00 +0000

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor has called on Zimbabweans to be wary of people who are deliberately sabotaging the economy and blaming the central bank for the economic crisis the country is facing when they are the one fanning the problems.

Dr. Gideon Gono, in his Monetary Policy Statement, warned against what he called “Snakes in Suits” who start “dangerous fires that we have had to put out through extraordinary measures.”

He said these economic saboteurs “have also been the loudest in the blame game against the Central Bank and its Governor.”

Dr Gono’s statement sounded like a response to MDC’s Policy Coordinator General, Eddie Cross who recently wrote an article entitled: “Let It Crash And Burn” in which he said “he was hearing the view that (the MDC) should let the country crash and burn and then pick up the pieces.”

“… we will not get on the bus until we are satisfied that the driver is our man and not Mugabe”, wrote Cross. “And that is not negotiable. If Mugabe is anywhere near the wheel, we would rather let the bus crash and burn.”

Dr Gono said this is an “unfortunate twist of logic” where people want to put out the fires they started in the first place.

“As a result, we have had an unfortunate twist of logic in which economic saboteurs and financial arsonists (from the BURNING concept) who have been stroking up all manner of social, political and economic fires of destabilization all over the place are now masquerading as economic experts, blaming and demonizing the Central Bank and this Governor for putting out the fires they started in the first place.”

The RBZ Governor said he has “put out those fires” with “a sense of personal and national pride.”

He urged all those people who "have sought refuge in playing the blame game" to desist from this "distractive approach."

"There is so much that needs to be done by each and everyone of us to waste our energies on yesterday while today remains unattended and tomorrow is being lost to the determination by others."

Dr. Gono also hinted that he will not leave until his term expires and until he has successfully done the job he was appointed to do.

“The bus driver is … not about to take any leave of absence, at least of all before the job is done and done well. That’s my commitment to all Zimbabweans interested in the successful turnaround of our economy.”

DIVISIONS IN THE MDC-T PARTY

Meanwhile, Eddie Cross has revealed that the differences rocking the MDC-T party over whether or not to join the all-inclusive Government, have not subsided.

Writing on an email forum on Monday, Cross said MDC-T Secretary General, Tendai Biti “is not employed as SG” and the decision to leave him out of the monitoring group, JOMIC, was his and other members of the MDC-T party.

“He is not employed as SG ... The decision to leave him out of the JOMIC was his as well as others,” wrote Cross.

Labels: EDDIE CROSS, GIDEON GONO, NEOCOLONIALISM, SANCTIONS

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