Munashe

CCC Manifesto; The church will have a role in governance. - We will rededicate Zimbabwe to God and rebuild the altar, covenant, decrees and ordinances.

I am reading the CCC election manifesto and something jumped out which I want to talk about. Opposition should avoid getting itself entangled in emotional arguments of faith and religion. Zimbabwe doesn’t need a theocracy run by Christians because we have Muslims, Hindus, traditional religion folk and even atheists who are Zimbabweans. They are all bonafide citizens who should not feel ostracised because one belief has been put ahead of others. The opposition should promise to run the State professionally without religion dictates. Zimbabwe should always be a secular State where every citizen feels protected by the State regardless of their religious views. I have had this discussion with Nelson Chamisa in 2020 and we agreed to disagree. I am a Christian but that is my religious belief which I should not impose on anyone else, more so if I am President. My view is that politicians should keep their faith to themselves and not impose their beliefs on everyone else. More importantly, they should avoid putting things in manifestos that will take away focus from real issues of hospitals, schools, jobs, economy, infrastructure and related issues. Zimbabwe should be a secular State where there is separation between the Church and the State.