Temba Mliswa has spoken against the decision to declare President Robert Mugabe’s birthday a national holiday. Mliswa said there was no need for the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day as there were enough public holidays already.
Speaking at the burial of Masvingo Provincial State minister Shuvai Mahofa at the national shrine on Sunday. Mliswa said
First of all it is not the President but its people who want to patronize the President. They want to be rewarded for their positions and definitely this is a Zanu PF issue and Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo wants to protect his position by patronizing the President.
This issue was not even debated in parliament at the end of the day. Parliament is there and has an oversight over the executive. There are so many holidays in this country and how can you have a youth day when youths are unemployed? You are actually creating more days of unemployment because quite a large percentage of youths are unemployed in this country.
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