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Raising Tsvangirai to a demi-God status was detrimental - analyst
15 Feb 2018 at 01:17hrs | Views
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said while the late Morgan Tsvangirai was the undisputed leader of the MDC-T, it should be understood that raising him to the status of a demi-god where anything and everything that he was alleged or may have said wrongly or correctly should be accepted in a democratic society with respect was misguided.
Ruhanya made the remarks while Tsvangirai was still alive. The opposition leader passed on yesterday in South Africa after suffering from colon cancer.
"MDC-T people and Tsvangirai and his family should know that there are no angels in politics," he said.
He quoted Alexander Hamilton on human nature and government - Federalist Paper Number 51 which reads -"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
Ruhanya made the remarks while Tsvangirai was still alive. The opposition leader passed on yesterday in South Africa after suffering from colon cancer.
He quoted Alexander Hamilton on human nature and government - Federalist Paper Number 51 which reads -"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
Source - Byo24News
