MDC-T has released a press statement backing civil servants and has urged Government to pay civil servants.
In a lengthy Facebook post the opposition party says among other issues that civil servants deserve to be paid their 2016 annual bonuses as a matter of urgency. They go on to mention that the Zanu PF government is selfish, corrupt and insensitive while mentioning that while President Robert Mugabe and his family are enjoying an extended State funded annual holiday in Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Dubai, civil servants are struggling to make ends meet as their monthly salaries are staggered and as their 2016 annual bonus remains unpaid.
The part also mentions that civil servants are being treated like second class citizens in their own country of birth and urges Government to set its priorities right by paying civil servants. They conclude the press statement by asking the question:
Why should civil servants be promised to be given unserviced residential stands in lieu of their 2016 annual bonuses when Robert Mugabe takes no less than US$4 million in cash each time that he travels out of the country on his numerous and unnecessary foreign jamborees?
More: MDC T on Facebook