President Robert Mugabe is back home from the G77+China summit held in Bolivia at the weekend.
The President was met at the Harare International Airport, by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Didymus Mutasa and the Minister of State for Harare province, Miriam Chikukwa.
In his address during golden jubilee celebrations of the 133-member grouping’s creation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, the President said the G77+China should harness the collective strength to guide global affairs towards a new world order, founded on principles of justice, equity, and sovereign equality of states.
He said developing countries still face unfavourable conditions in the global market place, where more powerful countries not only set the rules, but also judge them, controlling all key economic institutions including the IMF, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.
He called for a move to reform the twisted international financial manner and bemoaned the widening gap between rich and poor countries.
Despite the deepening economic problems back home, Mugabe has instead turned his attention to global economic woes, choosing to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the G77 a grouping under the United Nations (UN), with members from 133 developing nations which also includes China, now considered one of the super powers of the world.
The G77 is meeting to draft a global anti-poverty agenda at a summit that also showcases Latin America’s burgeoning relationship with the Asian giants.
Mugabe’s trip risks leaving problems untended on the home-front, where hard-pressed citizens are criticising his government for unfulfilled election promises, coupled with a spiralling unemployment rate and deflation.
This comes also at a time when serious cracks have resurfaced in his ruling Zanu PF party. ZBC/Daily News
