Deliver on what you promised
Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have just released a report on the state of democracy in Zimbabwe one year after formation of GNU. Below are the main findings of the report, the full text of which can be found on www.wozazimbabwe.org
- The belief that the power-sharing government has decreased democratic space in Zimbabwe.
- There has been some change for those who are rich but for the poor nothing has changed. It has remained survival of the fittest. The dollarisation of the economy stabilised prices and the economy in general but the gap between rich and poor widened.
- Many expressed no confidence in an election before the constitutional process is complete.
- People want to give their views and write their own constitution but worry that the current consultation process has too many loopholes that can be manipulated to change their views into those wanted by politicians.
- Most agree that they believe that public funds should go through the Ministry of Finance but the Minister must also be transparent about what he does with it.
- The personal security situation for ordinary people is still very insecure.
- Most people polled believe that the rule of law in the country has worsened.