Opinion / Columnist
Sunday Mail expose proves Mujuru is corrupt not a democrat as she claimed
14 Sep 2015 at 04:31hrs | Views
Mai Mujuru launched her People First manifesto and The Sunday Mail has come out with all guns glazing to shoot her down.
"The document waxes lyrical about Dr Mujuru's commitment to constitutionalism, transparency and development:" fired The Sunday Mail is a no-hold barred attack. "We are national democrats, guided by the values of the liberation struggle," it continued quoting from the manifesto, "of self-determination, self-dignity, self-pride, expressed through the adoption of market-driven policies under a constitutional democracy, with the State acting as a facilitator and regulator to allow for a level playing field and provide equal opportunities for all." The paper continued to give details of what it considered "The reality". "In February 2014, while acting as President, Dr Mujuru shocked the nation when she openly castigated the media for exposing corruption in Government. Addressing the Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial women's conference in Chinhoyi, she startlingly sought to protect corrupt public officials saying exposing them was retrogressive." The paper attacked video recording of the shocking denial. The paper went on to give one story after another proving that Dr Mujuru is corrupt and incompetent and not the principled democrat she now pretends to be. After 34 years in power with nothing to show for it other than economic ruins and a history of brutal political oppression and rigged elections, Mai Mujuru was not going to fool anyone other than the naïve and gullible.
The day Mai Mujuru was kicked out of Zanu PF, Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti were tripping over each other in the mad rush to welcome her as a champion of democratic change. They had quickly forgotten who Mai Mujuru and her People First followers were in their blind rush to bolster their own sinking political fortunes. You can soak a skunk in a bath of Channel 5 but one twitchy flick of that tail will force you to remember this is a skunk! The Sunday Mail expose of one story after another of Mai Mujuru's corrupt and incompetent past was one swish of the tail after another. The Sunday Mail was not trying to give the impression that Mugabe and the remaining Zanu PF are squeaky clean; this was just Zanu PF reclaiming one of their own!
If the nation fails to get any meaningful reforms implemented before the next elections – given the confusion in the opposition and in the electorate, this is now a very likely reality – in Mai Mujuru and her People First, the nation now has a sound plan B. With no reforms Mugabe was going to once again rig the elections, brushing aside the sleepy and incompetent Morgan Tsvangirai but not so with Mai Mujuru.
Mai Mujuru will still have a number of supporters embedded in Zanu PF and they will tell how the vote was rigged just as Margaret Dongo sympathisers told her how Zanu PF had rigged the 1995 Harare South elections.
Of course Mugabe and Zanu PF are ruthless thugs but in Mai Mujuru and her People First the tyrant will have thugs too to deal with. Mujuru and her supporters are not as ruthless as Mugabe and his thugs but what of it. Her thugs do not need to come up with any vote rigging schemes, they only need to expose one or two incidences of vote rigging and Mugabe and Zanu PF will be in serious trouble.
For the last 35 years Mugabe has managed to outwit, cheat, bribe and even murder his political challengers and critics to stay in power. But ever since the rigged July 2013 elections his hold on power has grown increasing shaky. He is been squeezed on the economic front by the worsening economic situation and on the political front by the Mujuru faction – he cannot afford to hold free and fair elections but now with the Mujuru faction in the fray he cannot afford to rig elections either! The irony is the economic meltdown and the People First are both problems of his own making; the former is the result of decades of sweeping corruption and mismanagement under the carpet and it was his rigging of the party's elections that created the later.
The Sunday Mail has done an excellent job in reminding the nation that Mai Mujuru is a corrupt and incompetent politician and not the principled democrat she claimed to be is her manifesto. The paper wanted the nation to remember she is a skunk just like all those still remaining in Zanu PF. Now that Mujuru and the others in People First no longer work for Zanu PF but against it, Mugabe has cause to worry about the stench they may raise by exposing his political machinations and trickery.
"The document waxes lyrical about Dr Mujuru's commitment to constitutionalism, transparency and development:" fired The Sunday Mail is a no-hold barred attack. "We are national democrats, guided by the values of the liberation struggle," it continued quoting from the manifesto, "of self-determination, self-dignity, self-pride, expressed through the adoption of market-driven policies under a constitutional democracy, with the State acting as a facilitator and regulator to allow for a level playing field and provide equal opportunities for all." The paper continued to give details of what it considered "The reality". "In February 2014, while acting as President, Dr Mujuru shocked the nation when she openly castigated the media for exposing corruption in Government. Addressing the Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial women's conference in Chinhoyi, she startlingly sought to protect corrupt public officials saying exposing them was retrogressive." The paper attacked video recording of the shocking denial. The paper went on to give one story after another proving that Dr Mujuru is corrupt and incompetent and not the principled democrat she now pretends to be. After 34 years in power with nothing to show for it other than economic ruins and a history of brutal political oppression and rigged elections, Mai Mujuru was not going to fool anyone other than the naïve and gullible.
The day Mai Mujuru was kicked out of Zanu PF, Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti were tripping over each other in the mad rush to welcome her as a champion of democratic change. They had quickly forgotten who Mai Mujuru and her People First followers were in their blind rush to bolster their own sinking political fortunes. You can soak a skunk in a bath of Channel 5 but one twitchy flick of that tail will force you to remember this is a skunk! The Sunday Mail expose of one story after another of Mai Mujuru's corrupt and incompetent past was one swish of the tail after another. The Sunday Mail was not trying to give the impression that Mugabe and the remaining Zanu PF are squeaky clean; this was just Zanu PF reclaiming one of their own!
If the nation fails to get any meaningful reforms implemented before the next elections – given the confusion in the opposition and in the electorate, this is now a very likely reality – in Mai Mujuru and her People First, the nation now has a sound plan B. With no reforms Mugabe was going to once again rig the elections, brushing aside the sleepy and incompetent Morgan Tsvangirai but not so with Mai Mujuru.
Of course Mugabe and Zanu PF are ruthless thugs but in Mai Mujuru and her People First the tyrant will have thugs too to deal with. Mujuru and her supporters are not as ruthless as Mugabe and his thugs but what of it. Her thugs do not need to come up with any vote rigging schemes, they only need to expose one or two incidences of vote rigging and Mugabe and Zanu PF will be in serious trouble.
For the last 35 years Mugabe has managed to outwit, cheat, bribe and even murder his political challengers and critics to stay in power. But ever since the rigged July 2013 elections his hold on power has grown increasing shaky. He is been squeezed on the economic front by the worsening economic situation and on the political front by the Mujuru faction – he cannot afford to hold free and fair elections but now with the Mujuru faction in the fray he cannot afford to rig elections either! The irony is the economic meltdown and the People First are both problems of his own making; the former is the result of decades of sweeping corruption and mismanagement under the carpet and it was his rigging of the party's elections that created the later.
The Sunday Mail has done an excellent job in reminding the nation that Mai Mujuru is a corrupt and incompetent politician and not the principled democrat she claimed to be is her manifesto. The paper wanted the nation to remember she is a skunk just like all those still remaining in Zanu PF. Now that Mujuru and the others in People First no longer work for Zanu PF but against it, Mugabe has cause to worry about the stench they may raise by exposing his political machinations and trickery.
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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