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'Lacklustre' Tsvangirai is only viable candidate, says Whande - need to think outside box
10 Apr 2017 at 18:23hrs | Views
"Morgan Tsvangirai who, in spite of his lacklustre political performance, still remains the only person the majority of our people would rather rally around," said Joseph Tanonoka Whande in Nehanda Radio.
I agree with your sir 100%!
Indeed, I would go even further to say Tsvangirai is breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent. He sold-out the nation during the GNU by failing to implement the democratic reforms the nation is dying for in return for highflier lifestyle plus a $4 million Highlands mansion.
The only reason there are people out there who still consider a corrupt, incompetent and a sell-out a viable candidate to hold public office let alone the highest office in the land is because these people have a mental blockage; they are totally incapable of making any logical decision.
Only first class fools would freely elect someone president with a proven – not suspected but proven - track record as being corrupt, incompetent and a sell-out. It is Tsvangirai's treasonous acts of betrayal that have kept us in this hell-hole for the last decade and these fools expect him to perform contrary to his instinct and get us out of the hole.
The argument that Tsvangirai is the least nauseating candidate in the box of available politicians, is defeatist nonsense. The reason why there are no competent candidates offering themselves as leaders is because no one with half a brain would want to swim in Zimbabwe's muddy and dangerous political waters. Zimbabwe's political system has stifled all meaningful debate and democratic competition creating an ideal environment for murderous tyrants, thugs and all the other social rejects to build their fiefdoms.
If you have a jar of sewage it is scum that will rise to the top. If you want cream, you must fill the jar with wholesome milk; that is common sense. If the people of Zimbabwe want quality political leaders and not the riff-raff crowding the political stage; they must demand the implementation of the democratic reforms designed to drain the cess-pit created by the de facto Zanu PF dictatorship! Nothing of substance can ever be accomplish whilst the dictatorship remains.
People get the government they deserve. After 37 years we had many, many opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship but wasted them all. So, yes, Zimbabweans certainly deserve this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship complete with its train of corrupt and incompetent opposition parties.
Even if next year's election was to produce the unexpected result of Zanu PF rigging the vote and, somehow, lose the election; there will be very little cause for the people of Zimbabwe to celebrate. Given Tsvangirai's well documented "lacklustre performance"; his administration will be as inapt as Zambia's late Frederick Chiluba's government - if we are very lucky!
In his desperate effort to win next year's election, Tsvangirai has been welcoming in his big tend grand coalition all the riff-raff with the Tesco (British Supermarket) "Everything helps!" mentality. Here is the man who failed to get even one meaningful reform implemented in five years of GNU with his "kitchen cabinet", as some people christened his inapt MDC cabinet. The kitchen cabinet will be made even less effective by adding to the mix individuals who will all be pulling in the opposite directions!
"This might be Tsvangirai's last chance…before we start all over again," concluded Whande.
The tragedy is we real cannot afford another rigged election because the price we are paying for these missed opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship has soared over the years.
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has now reached the point where millions now live in abject poverty – the kind that kills. Poor living conditions with little to eat have left many of our people weak and susceptible to all manner of illnesses and diseases; in a country whose health service has all but collapse. To many people, even a $10 per month bill on essential drugs has become a luxury they can no longer afford.
Many people have died since Zimbabwe's rigged 31 July 2013 elections; they are not here to "start all over again" with Tsvangirai in next year's elections.
Contesting flawed election is a needless and reckless gamble. Each time Tsvangirai lost the elections he has missed the opportunity to move up market from his $4 million Highlands mansion into State House. The ordinary people have paid a heavier price by being stuck for another five years with the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime complete with all the economic hardships and now upgraded to abject poverty that brings death.
What makes the whole political situation totally unacceptable is that there is real no excuse for contesting in these flawed elections knowing fully well Zanu PF will rig the vote! If Tsvangirai does not know the elections are flawed then the more reason the people should not trust him to be State President!
With not even one democratic reforms in place, contest next year's flawed elections will be repeating the folly of contesting the 2013 elections and expect a different result! Someone must step up and stop this madness; enough is enough!
I agree with your sir 100%!
Indeed, I would go even further to say Tsvangirai is breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent. He sold-out the nation during the GNU by failing to implement the democratic reforms the nation is dying for in return for highflier lifestyle plus a $4 million Highlands mansion.
The only reason there are people out there who still consider a corrupt, incompetent and a sell-out a viable candidate to hold public office let alone the highest office in the land is because these people have a mental blockage; they are totally incapable of making any logical decision.
Only first class fools would freely elect someone president with a proven – not suspected but proven - track record as being corrupt, incompetent and a sell-out. It is Tsvangirai's treasonous acts of betrayal that have kept us in this hell-hole for the last decade and these fools expect him to perform contrary to his instinct and get us out of the hole.
The argument that Tsvangirai is the least nauseating candidate in the box of available politicians, is defeatist nonsense. The reason why there are no competent candidates offering themselves as leaders is because no one with half a brain would want to swim in Zimbabwe's muddy and dangerous political waters. Zimbabwe's political system has stifled all meaningful debate and democratic competition creating an ideal environment for murderous tyrants, thugs and all the other social rejects to build their fiefdoms.
If you have a jar of sewage it is scum that will rise to the top. If you want cream, you must fill the jar with wholesome milk; that is common sense. If the people of Zimbabwe want quality political leaders and not the riff-raff crowding the political stage; they must demand the implementation of the democratic reforms designed to drain the cess-pit created by the de facto Zanu PF dictatorship! Nothing of substance can ever be accomplish whilst the dictatorship remains.
People get the government they deserve. After 37 years we had many, many opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship but wasted them all. So, yes, Zimbabweans certainly deserve this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship complete with its train of corrupt and incompetent opposition parties.
In his desperate effort to win next year's election, Tsvangirai has been welcoming in his big tend grand coalition all the riff-raff with the Tesco (British Supermarket) "Everything helps!" mentality. Here is the man who failed to get even one meaningful reform implemented in five years of GNU with his "kitchen cabinet", as some people christened his inapt MDC cabinet. The kitchen cabinet will be made even less effective by adding to the mix individuals who will all be pulling in the opposite directions!
"This might be Tsvangirai's last chance…before we start all over again," concluded Whande.
The tragedy is we real cannot afford another rigged election because the price we are paying for these missed opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship has soared over the years.
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has now reached the point where millions now live in abject poverty – the kind that kills. Poor living conditions with little to eat have left many of our people weak and susceptible to all manner of illnesses and diseases; in a country whose health service has all but collapse. To many people, even a $10 per month bill on essential drugs has become a luxury they can no longer afford.
Many people have died since Zimbabwe's rigged 31 July 2013 elections; they are not here to "start all over again" with Tsvangirai in next year's elections.
Contesting flawed election is a needless and reckless gamble. Each time Tsvangirai lost the elections he has missed the opportunity to move up market from his $4 million Highlands mansion into State House. The ordinary people have paid a heavier price by being stuck for another five years with the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime complete with all the economic hardships and now upgraded to abject poverty that brings death.
What makes the whole political situation totally unacceptable is that there is real no excuse for contesting in these flawed elections knowing fully well Zanu PF will rig the vote! If Tsvangirai does not know the elections are flawed then the more reason the people should not trust him to be State President!
With not even one democratic reforms in place, contest next year's flawed elections will be repeating the folly of contesting the 2013 elections and expect a different result! Someone must step up and stop this madness; enough is enough!
Source - Patrick Guramatunhu
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