Minister urges women to deny spouses sex

MDC secretary general and cabinet minister Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has urged women to deny their husbands conjugal rights unless they register to vote and cast their ballot in the next election.

Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga told a party rally in Cross Dete: “Our husbands have failed to play their role. Now it is up to us women to take it upon ourselves to change the political status quo in the country.

“If your husband has not yet gone to register to vote then you must deny him his conjugal rights. If he does not have a registration slip to show that he has registered then do not give in.”

Encouraged by strong applause from the crowd, she went on to claim that women were the hardest hit by the country’s financial turmoil.

“Women are forced to buy second-hand undergarments because of the financial meltdown in the country caused by [ruling party] Zanu PF. What kind of a country is that?” she asked.

President Mugabe, who is in Singapore for a medical check-up, is due to go head-to-head with his main political rival, Prime Minister Tsvangirai.

The actual timing of the vote is bitterly contested between the parties with Mugabe’s Zanu PF insisting the elections should be held on July 31 while the MDc formations are pressing for a delay to allow more reforms.

The Constitutional Court deferred hearing into a number of applications related to the poll date filed by the parties on Wednesday.

“Mugabe has been in power for too long and this is our opportunity to vote him out. It is time we gave him his retirement package and he goes to take a well-deserved rest,” Ncube said.

Minister urges women to deny spouses sex