Opinion / Columnist
Nelson, this is not a playground
25 Feb 2019 at 12:23hrs | Views
As anyone who has observed his conduct over the past year knows, bizarre and childish ideas from Nelson Chamisa are nothing new.
We have had bullet trains travelling at double the speed of the current fastest train in existence; Trump supposedly promising him $15 billion; and the notion that Chamisa wrote Rwanda's ICT policy, all of which were correctly labelled 'Alice in Wonderland' by the BBC.
This weekend we had the last instalment to add to this litany of nonsense.
Nelson Chamisa, at a speech to a 'Thank You' rally in Gweru, proposed a bizarre arrangement whereby he and ED would take turns to be president – two years each!
The absurdity of this suggestion is worth repeating. Taking turns to be president! This truly is the theatre of the absurd.
We must remind Nelson of what surely no serious leader needs to be reminded of. This is not a playground. This isn't make believe. In the real world, leaders do not swap halfway through. They don't take turns!
In Zimbabwe, as in other democracies, the presidency is determined by elections. The will of the people. And the people spoke.
The election was certainly close. And Nelson Chamisa put up a good fight, and came close to victory. But again, this is not the playground. Close is not enough.
In America, Trump won the election by an even closer margin. In fact, when it comes to the popular vote, he lost the election. Hillary Clinton won three million more votes than him. By Nelson's logic, surely that means that she gets to be president for a few years at least! But sadly for Hillary, the 'Chamisa rule' doesn't apply in the US. America is not a playground.
The response of any right minded person is simply to ignore Nelson's latest bizarre claim. In the real world, Alice in Wonderland dreams are just dreams. This isn't make believe. You cannot just wish yourself to be president.
It's time someone breaks the news to Nelson.
We have had bullet trains travelling at double the speed of the current fastest train in existence; Trump supposedly promising him $15 billion; and the notion that Chamisa wrote Rwanda's ICT policy, all of which were correctly labelled 'Alice in Wonderland' by the BBC.
This weekend we had the last instalment to add to this litany of nonsense.
Nelson Chamisa, at a speech to a 'Thank You' rally in Gweru, proposed a bizarre arrangement whereby he and ED would take turns to be president – two years each!
The absurdity of this suggestion is worth repeating. Taking turns to be president! This truly is the theatre of the absurd.
We must remind Nelson of what surely no serious leader needs to be reminded of. This is not a playground. This isn't make believe. In the real world, leaders do not swap halfway through. They don't take turns!
In Zimbabwe, as in other democracies, the presidency is determined by elections. The will of the people. And the people spoke.
The election was certainly close. And Nelson Chamisa put up a good fight, and came close to victory. But again, this is not the playground. Close is not enough.
In America, Trump won the election by an even closer margin. In fact, when it comes to the popular vote, he lost the election. Hillary Clinton won three million more votes than him. By Nelson's logic, surely that means that she gets to be president for a few years at least! But sadly for Hillary, the 'Chamisa rule' doesn't apply in the US. America is not a playground.
The response of any right minded person is simply to ignore Nelson's latest bizarre claim. In the real world, Alice in Wonderland dreams are just dreams. This isn't make believe. You cannot just wish yourself to be president.
It's time someone breaks the news to Nelson.
Source - Charles Kanye
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