Opinion / Columnist
Jonathan Moyo is missing the point
29 Aug 2012 at 14:31hrs | Views
South African president Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is not a Sadc facilitator, at least according to the gospel by Arthur Mutambara and his Zanu-PF handlers.
On September 15 2008, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Arthur Mutambara and former South African president Thabo Mbeki signed the Global Political Agreement which led to the formation of the inclusive government.
The GPA document I have has four signatures, the first one to sign was Robert G Mugabe who is described as president of Zanu-PF, followed by Morgan R Tsvangirai, also described as president of MDC.
The third signature is that of Arthur Mutambara, as president of MDC as well and the witness thereof, the Sadc facilitator, Thabo Mbeki. It is in the public domain therefore that after Thabo Mbeki signed the GPA document, he was recalled by his party, ANC, as South African president.
He immediately ceased to be Sadc facilitator as the then acting president, Kalema Motlante took over. President Jacob Zuma was to come in later when he became the South African president.
It is therefore false and misleading to say MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube should not be sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister because he is not a signatory to GPA. Article 20.1.6(4) states clearly that there shall be two Deputy Prime Ministers, one from MDC-T and the other from MDC.
If we are to take Jonathan Moyo's illegal opinion and allow Mutambara to remain in government because of his signature, we must as well call back former South African president Thabo Mbeki who also signed the GPA document to continue facilitating on the basis of his signature and ask President Zuma to step aside because he never signed the GPA document.
Such thinking exposes Mutambara and his Zanu-PF associates for exhibiting double standards, lack of knowledge or both.
Jonathan Moyo's argument that Mutambara must remain as DPM because his status in GPA has not been challenged in law exposes. The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled that Mutambara must stop masquerading as both MDC president and principal in the inclusive government and that Ncube was the legitimate president and principal, unless ruled otherwise by a competent court of law. Actually, there is no court of law which has barred MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube from leading his party both at political level and government level but some creatures within the politburo of the political party.
The GPA is clear that those who signed it were representing their political parties and the facilitator representing his country and government. It takes some morons to believe Mutambara signed the GPA for his family or for himself.
Our tragedy as a nation is that we vest too much powers on bogus lawyers and political turncoats to interpret law.
We know that Mutambara pleaded with the MDC national standing committee not to redeploy him to the Ministry of Regional Integration but to give him up to June 2011 as DPM as he wanted to implement some programmes he had started.
This shows how desperate he is for power. The only blemish with MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube is the geographical location of his home area and his mother language.
Zimbabwe now resembles George Orwell's Animal Farm where some animals are more equal than others.
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Edwin Ndlovu is the MDC secretary for Media, Information and Publicity (Bulawayo Province). He can be contacted on email: endlovu@cooltoad.com
On September 15 2008, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Arthur Mutambara and former South African president Thabo Mbeki signed the Global Political Agreement which led to the formation of the inclusive government.
The GPA document I have has four signatures, the first one to sign was Robert G Mugabe who is described as president of Zanu-PF, followed by Morgan R Tsvangirai, also described as president of MDC.
The third signature is that of Arthur Mutambara, as president of MDC as well and the witness thereof, the Sadc facilitator, Thabo Mbeki. It is in the public domain therefore that after Thabo Mbeki signed the GPA document, he was recalled by his party, ANC, as South African president.
He immediately ceased to be Sadc facilitator as the then acting president, Kalema Motlante took over. President Jacob Zuma was to come in later when he became the South African president.
It is therefore false and misleading to say MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube should not be sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister because he is not a signatory to GPA. Article 20.1.6(4) states clearly that there shall be two Deputy Prime Ministers, one from MDC-T and the other from MDC.
If we are to take Jonathan Moyo's illegal opinion and allow Mutambara to remain in government because of his signature, we must as well call back former South African president Thabo Mbeki who also signed the GPA document to continue facilitating on the basis of his signature and ask President Zuma to step aside because he never signed the GPA document.
Such thinking exposes Mutambara and his Zanu-PF associates for exhibiting double standards, lack of knowledge or both.
Jonathan Moyo's argument that Mutambara must remain as DPM because his status in GPA has not been challenged in law exposes. The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled that Mutambara must stop masquerading as both MDC president and principal in the inclusive government and that Ncube was the legitimate president and principal, unless ruled otherwise by a competent court of law. Actually, there is no court of law which has barred MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube from leading his party both at political level and government level but some creatures within the politburo of the political party.
The GPA is clear that those who signed it were representing their political parties and the facilitator representing his country and government. It takes some morons to believe Mutambara signed the GPA for his family or for himself.
Our tragedy as a nation is that we vest too much powers on bogus lawyers and political turncoats to interpret law.
We know that Mutambara pleaded with the MDC national standing committee not to redeploy him to the Ministry of Regional Integration but to give him up to June 2011 as DPM as he wanted to implement some programmes he had started.
This shows how desperate he is for power. The only blemish with MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube is the geographical location of his home area and his mother language.
Zimbabwe now resembles George Orwell's Animal Farm where some animals are more equal than others.
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Edwin Ndlovu is the MDC secretary for Media, Information and Publicity (Bulawayo Province). He can be contacted on email: endlovu@cooltoad.com
Source - MDC secretary for Media, Information and Publicity
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