DESTINY for Africa Network leader Obadiah Msindo yesterday accused other church leaders campaigning to get more Christians to vote in next year’s elections of playing to the gallery to appease opposition parties.
BY STAFF REPORTER
Msindo, a known Zanu PF sympathiser, said Zimbabwe was largely a Christian nation and as such churches must speak against societal ills.
Last month various church denominations launched the Christian vote campaign, which seeks among other things, non-violent 2018 elections.
Although their efforts were largely welcomed by various quarters, Msindo described the campaign as a secret lobby to prop up opposition leaders.
“They must be told to come out in the open and declare their interests; there is no need to hide behind fingers. We know they are secretly campaigning for the opposition,” he claimed.
“We know they are advancing the interests of our former colonisers.”
“The agenda is to prop up their preferred candidates but that will not succeed. Zimbabwe is largely a Christian nation and it does not make sense that there is a campaign targeting Christians.
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“Instead of meddling in opposition politics, churches must focus on campaigning against societal ills.”
The Zanu PF aligned cleric said it was unfortunate that the church leaders had turned against President Robert Mugabe.
“We don’t see the peace they are talking about yet some of the clergy men openly support uprisings and sometimes incite people to rebel against the sitting president,” he said.
“The majority of them openly pray for violence and they have declared their hatred of President Robert Mugabe.”
He alleged that there was a grand plan involving churches, opposition parties and a section of civil society to try and discredit the 2018 elections.
Msindo said people must be allowed to freely choose their leaders next year without being coerced under the name of the church.
