Opinion / Columnist
Japanese PM impressed with Mugabe's 'statesmanship' - spare us the chutzpah!
03 Sep 2015 at 20:23hrs | Views
Mr Kuzuyuke Nakane, a special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has delivered a special message to President Robert Mugabe inviting him to a state visit to his country in October.
According to the ZBC report, Mr Nakane explained that the Japanese Prime Minister "is impressed with President Mugabe's statesmanship and his leadership of the African Union (AU)"?
The Japanese government is looking for business opportunities in Zimbabwe and Africa and why not. As a nation the people of Zimbabwe have had no quarrel with Japan; all our business relations have been above board and clean unlike some other nations in Japan's backyard.
Whilst everyone would expect Mr Nakane to be courteous and diplomatic still no one expected him to insult our intelligent by telling a blatant lie. Zimbabwe is the basket case of a failed state where everything is in varying stages of rot and decay because of the years of failed leadership.
Even Mugabe must have, inwardly at least, blushed at hearing that the Japanese PM was impressed by the tyrant's "statesmanship". Mugabe was thrown into the GNU political sin-bin by his own fellow Africans leaders in 2008 following one of the worse violent and vote rigging elections even by Africa's own undemocratic election standards. He came out of the GNU only to blatantly rig the 2013 elections but with the assistance of Zimbabwe's corrupt and incompetent opposition party, MDC, who failed to get even one reform implemented.
Still how can someone who has systematically denied his people their basic freedoms and human rights including the right to free, fair and credible elections and even the right to life be considered a "statesman". Over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans have been murdered during Mugabe's 35 years in power!
In their hast to conclude business activities with Mugabe the Japanese should be careful not to insult the people of Zimbabwe; not if Japan wants to continue doing business in the country, the people will still be there long after the tyrant is gone! Last month PM Shinzo Abe was apologizing for Japan's shameful role in the Second World War, he does not want future Japanese leaders to apologize for his shameless praise of one of Africa's most corrupt and murderous tyrant too! We want Japanese business yes but please spare us the chutzpah!
According to the ZBC report, Mr Nakane explained that the Japanese Prime Minister "is impressed with President Mugabe's statesmanship and his leadership of the African Union (AU)"?
The Japanese government is looking for business opportunities in Zimbabwe and Africa and why not. As a nation the people of Zimbabwe have had no quarrel with Japan; all our business relations have been above board and clean unlike some other nations in Japan's backyard.
Whilst everyone would expect Mr Nakane to be courteous and diplomatic still no one expected him to insult our intelligent by telling a blatant lie. Zimbabwe is the basket case of a failed state where everything is in varying stages of rot and decay because of the years of failed leadership.
Still how can someone who has systematically denied his people their basic freedoms and human rights including the right to free, fair and credible elections and even the right to life be considered a "statesman". Over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans have been murdered during Mugabe's 35 years in power!
In their hast to conclude business activities with Mugabe the Japanese should be careful not to insult the people of Zimbabwe; not if Japan wants to continue doing business in the country, the people will still be there long after the tyrant is gone! Last month PM Shinzo Abe was apologizing for Japan's shameful role in the Second World War, he does not want future Japanese leaders to apologize for his shameless praise of one of Africa's most corrupt and murderous tyrant too! We want Japanese business yes but please spare us the chutzpah!
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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