Tsvangirai belated call for reforms to be implemented is an attention seeking gimmick

We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats welcome MDC-T's belated call for the implementation of the democratic and holding of elections as the only meaningful way out of Zimbabwe's current economic mess.

"Our call for national dialogue has been spurned by Zanu-PF. The executive resolved to withdraw that call for dialogue...but to now demand the implementation of agreed reforms that will ensure a free, fair and credible poll," said Tsvangirai.

The question the nation has to ask here is why did MDC fail to implement the reforms when the party had the majority in parliament and the five years of the GNU? SADC Heads of State reminded MDC leaders to implement the reforms countless times during the GNU and literally begged them not to take part in the elections without the reforms but no one listened.

The only two reasons why MDC leaders failed to get even one reform implemented was that they are corrupt. As SADC Heads let said, MDC leaders "were too busy enjoying being in government and forgot why they were there."

The second reason is that MDC leaders should have realised that implementing the reforms was the nation's get out of jail card and their failure to comprehend such a critical issue showed that they are breathtakingly incompetent; there is no other logical explanation for it.

Many Zimbabweans where shocked at the ease with which Mugabe blatantly rigged the July 2013 elections. The truth is if they had been following events closely, which they should have been doing, then they would have forced MDC to implement the reforms timeously much less be surprised at the vote rigging.

The Zimbabwe electorate was naïve and gullible to have so readily believed Tsvangirai's repeated assurance that the elections would be free, fair and credible. By God, has the nation paid dearly for this folly!

Now that we know the elections were NOT free, fair and credible; the least the nation should and must do now is ensure that it is never again guilt of being naïve and gullible. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends have already proven to be breathtakingly incompetent but, with the benefit of hindsight and a year for this to sink in, there should be so many Zimbabweans who still follow Tsvangirai as if nothing has happened is disappointing.

The quality of the government and opposition is intrinsically linked to the quality of the electorate. So far Zimbabwe has had a corrupt and murderous tyrant for president and an incompetent village idiot for leader of the opposition because the nation's electorate is naïve and gullible.

Tsvangirai's belated call for the implementation of the reforms does not add anything new to the debate. All he is doing is trying to draw attention to himself and thus somehow remain relevant. He has not thought of how the reforms will be implemented now that the best chance to do so was lost.

MDC's belated call for the reforms to be implemented is an attention seeking gimmick. It is no more that someone lighting a candle in broad daylight, it will not shed any useful light but will be a distraction especially to a naïve and gullible electorate.

Zimbabwe is facing some difficult and serious economic and political challenges right now and must expend all her attention of these problems. These attention seeking gimmick by Tsvangirai and his MDC friends are a distraction we can do without!

- zimbabwesocialdemocrats@gmail.com