War vets exposes their lack of vision

Mthwakazi Republic Party has expressed some worries about the behaviour exhibited by the war vets during their meeting with President  Robert Mugabe saying they showed lack of interests of the people among them.

The war veterans met Mugabe last week in Harare.

"As a party we thought these so-called freedom fighters demanded the meeting to speak the issues of people's interests especially from Mthwakazi who contributed largely towards the gains of oppressive rule of Zanu PF. The war vets did expose that, apart from being self centered,  they also fear and admire the brutal legacy of the dictator, whom for the past 35 years have brought nothing positive, but shame and loss of lives to the defenseless people of Mthwakazi," said MRP secretary general Hloniphani Ncube.

"MRP condemns with strongest terms possible, the issue of exhuming the remains of  Rhodes which is the Mugabe crafted  idea highlighted by him in his previous South African visit to beg for help, which was latter cemented by war vets yesterday."

He said as a party they thought the war vets were going to represent the people on the issues of people's interests like demanding the government of Zimbabwe to take responsibility of the bodies of more than 25 000 civilians who were brutally killed by the Mugabe led government.

"We further expected them to question him on when is he going to improve the economy and the international relations. We expected them to question him about issues of accountability about monies collected on uncountless road blocks, revenue institutions, toll gates, minerals and proper management of the country," he said.

"The party expected the war vets to talk about the rule of law, human rights violations, democracy and development in broader context, rather than demanding not to pay taxes. We expected them to talk about the compensation of a number of other fellow comrades who were not recognised after dedicating their lives to the struggle. We expected them to tell Mugabe face to face that, his rule is far more brutal than the Smith government envied by many."

Ncube said this clearly indicates that, they went to the war clueless thus why our people are struggling from poor political leadership.

"Exhuming the grave of Rhodes also translates to destroying the White people's legacy. While we acknowledge the negative effects of colonization, at the end of the day we must not mix that with racism in a fast globalising world. If we want to totally destroy the legacies of colonialism, why is there still POSA and AIPA among other atrocious policies," he said.

"Why didn't we destroy the cities and buildings constructed by our fellow White citizens who are also human beings like us Black people and some of them appreciated people of Mthwakazi,  thus why the Matopo community defended the farm wanted by the CIO boss. In essence we cannot correct the past wrong doings by other malicious acts, instead, we must promote issues of national interests rather than retrogressive ideas."

He said the acts of war veterans have exposed that, Mthwakazi is currently dominated by selfish leadership who went to war for personal enhancement.

"Thus why our MRP is a political party for revolutionaries preaching the true freedom that would encompass broader national development which respect issues of self determination and diversity,  unlike the directionless policies of Zanu PF always changing."

Ncube said it must be noted that, these war veterans are the ones who led to the implementation of the brutal Fast Track Land Reform Program which highly crippled the economy and all sectors of the economy, and the consequences are still felt up to this day.

"We advised our supporters to disassociate themselves with these directionless views and as a party we are strongly against the continued crippling of our culture and heritage," he said.