Opinion / Columnist
Musewe asks if Zanu PF can be 'part of Zim solution' - want to bed Mujuru, do it why ask!
18 Sep 2015 at 06:46hrs | Views
Vince you have change man! Many Zimbabweans, myself included, used to hold your views in high regard because back then you really cared about the people and about finding the way out of this nightmare. You have changed, now you are so preoccupied with getting into power you are willing to go to bed with anyone!
"The important question to which I have no immediate answer is; can or should those that have created and continue to defend the circumstances which we wish to change be part of finding the solution to our problems? To be more specific can we expect Zanu(PF) to be part of the solution? Let us talk," asked Vince Musewe in The Zimbabwean.
Vince we are talking of the men and women who have denied our people their basic freedoms and human rights including the right to a meaningful vote, justice and have even violated the sanctity of human life to create a corrupt and ruthlessly oppressive de facto one-party dictatorship. They have done all this to gratify their insatiable appetite for political power, extravagant lifestyles and wealth. After 35 years of tyrannical and ruinous rule they have murdered over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans and completely destroyed the nation's economy.
Millions of are people are unemployed, 2 million live in abject poverty and millions more have been forced to leave the country as political/economic refugees.
These Zanu PF men and women have never once shown an sign of remorse but are in fact forever scheming how they should strengthen their oppressive measures, rig elections, etc. to prolong their stay in power. How can such animals be considered partners in the nation's search to end the dictatorship?
You are considering working with Joice Mujuru and the rest of her People First followers. Of course these individuals are Zanu PF thorough and thorough. Just because they have produced a manifesto in which they claim to be democrats does not make them democrats. You want to work with them; go ahead just spare us all the platitudes that they are democrats and therefore part of the solution.
You have already joined up with Tsvangirai and his MDC friends; that too is your choice. But once again please do not bother us with justification as to why you have done so. Again we really do not care to hear you string of excuses. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends failed to implement even one reform during the GNU because Mugabe bribed them to kick the reforms into the talk grass and they did just that.
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends betrayed the people of Zimbabwe. They sold-out! If Zimbabwe was one of the countries with a healthy and functioning democracy, i.e. with a well-informed and vigilant electorate, Tsvangirai and his friends would have apologized and resigned from public life for good before sunset on 31 July 2013. The Zimbabwe electorate is naïve and gullible and most of them still do not have the foggiest idea what really happened during the GNU and why Mugabe was able to rig the vote with such ease.
Just because the Zimbabwe electorate is naïve and gullible and follow leaders like sheep does not change that MDC sold-out. Anyone who serious want democratic change in Zimbabwe can never consider sell-outs like Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube, etc. a part of the solution.
The integral part of the democratic change in not just to end the Zanu PF dictatorship but more significantly to end the system designed to keep the people naïve and gullible. Creating a truly free and independent media and ensuring there is freedom of expression are a good start done this road.
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends' refusal to resign and thus be held democratically accountable means they are not seeking democratic change but are here to exploit the fact that the electorate is naïve and gullible. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends do not want freedom of expression and a free media; they not want it now and never did.
There are only two occasions when MDC leaders cooperated 100% with their Zanu PF counter parties:
a) when voting to increase politicians salaries, allowances and other privileges
a) in adopting measure to keep the electorate ignorant, naïve and gullible.
"Our common objective is to create a democratic state in Zimbabwe underpinned by the respect for human rights and personal freedoms, the reason being obviously that Zanu (PF) has failed to satisfy our aspirations as a society," you said.
Vince we have heard all these things said to us before independence and for the last 35 years since independence even Zanu PF was swearing they July 2013 elections were free, fair and credible straight after they rig the elections. In other words even in the face of treasonous violations of democracy we have been told we are a democratic nation.
If we are serious about creating a democratic Zimbabwe then we, the people, must be clear what is demanded of ourselves for a healthy and functioning democracy. A naïve and gullible electorate will never ever produce a democratic system especial from a well-grounded autocracy as we have in Zimbabwe. It is the duty of the electorate to hold those in or aspiring to hold public office to account and any who fails to measure up must never be allowed to hold public office. Never ever!
So in asking the people of Zimbabwe to sweep the pathetic past track record of leaders like Morgan Tsvangirai, Joice Mujuru and, God forbid, Robert Mugabe; you are asking the nation to do the very thing that have made freedom, human rights and democratic good governance a mirage.
If we want to live in a democratic Zimbabwe then we must start enforcing democratic standard today and not tomorrow or in 2018. After being denied our freedom, liberty, justice human rights and dignity all these years why wait another day? Freedom, liberty, etc. come with a price tag – it is our duty to understand these freedoms and rights and, if they should be denied, to defend and demand them back. What better way of demonstrating our worthiness of these freedoms and rights than by our vigilance, resolve and commitment to carrying out our duty in their defence; we must be prepared to put our very lives on the line if necessary because having lost all our other freedoms and rights we will have forfeited our right to life too.
"The important question to which I have no immediate answer is; can or should those that have created and continue to defend the circumstances which we wish to change be part of finding the solution to our problems? To be more specific can we expect Zanu(PF) to be part of the solution? Let us talk," asked Vince Musewe in The Zimbabwean.
Vince we are talking of the men and women who have denied our people their basic freedoms and human rights including the right to a meaningful vote, justice and have even violated the sanctity of human life to create a corrupt and ruthlessly oppressive de facto one-party dictatorship. They have done all this to gratify their insatiable appetite for political power, extravagant lifestyles and wealth. After 35 years of tyrannical and ruinous rule they have murdered over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans and completely destroyed the nation's economy.
Millions of are people are unemployed, 2 million live in abject poverty and millions more have been forced to leave the country as political/economic refugees.
These Zanu PF men and women have never once shown an sign of remorse but are in fact forever scheming how they should strengthen their oppressive measures, rig elections, etc. to prolong their stay in power. How can such animals be considered partners in the nation's search to end the dictatorship?
You are considering working with Joice Mujuru and the rest of her People First followers. Of course these individuals are Zanu PF thorough and thorough. Just because they have produced a manifesto in which they claim to be democrats does not make them democrats. You want to work with them; go ahead just spare us all the platitudes that they are democrats and therefore part of the solution.
You have already joined up with Tsvangirai and his MDC friends; that too is your choice. But once again please do not bother us with justification as to why you have done so. Again we really do not care to hear you string of excuses. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends failed to implement even one reform during the GNU because Mugabe bribed them to kick the reforms into the talk grass and they did just that.
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends betrayed the people of Zimbabwe. They sold-out! If Zimbabwe was one of the countries with a healthy and functioning democracy, i.e. with a well-informed and vigilant electorate, Tsvangirai and his friends would have apologized and resigned from public life for good before sunset on 31 July 2013. The Zimbabwe electorate is naïve and gullible and most of them still do not have the foggiest idea what really happened during the GNU and why Mugabe was able to rig the vote with such ease.
Just because the Zimbabwe electorate is naïve and gullible and follow leaders like sheep does not change that MDC sold-out. Anyone who serious want democratic change in Zimbabwe can never consider sell-outs like Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube, etc. a part of the solution.
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends' refusal to resign and thus be held democratically accountable means they are not seeking democratic change but are here to exploit the fact that the electorate is naïve and gullible. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends do not want freedom of expression and a free media; they not want it now and never did.
There are only two occasions when MDC leaders cooperated 100% with their Zanu PF counter parties:
a) when voting to increase politicians salaries, allowances and other privileges
a) in adopting measure to keep the electorate ignorant, naïve and gullible.
"Our common objective is to create a democratic state in Zimbabwe underpinned by the respect for human rights and personal freedoms, the reason being obviously that Zanu (PF) has failed to satisfy our aspirations as a society," you said.
Vince we have heard all these things said to us before independence and for the last 35 years since independence even Zanu PF was swearing they July 2013 elections were free, fair and credible straight after they rig the elections. In other words even in the face of treasonous violations of democracy we have been told we are a democratic nation.
If we are serious about creating a democratic Zimbabwe then we, the people, must be clear what is demanded of ourselves for a healthy and functioning democracy. A naïve and gullible electorate will never ever produce a democratic system especial from a well-grounded autocracy as we have in Zimbabwe. It is the duty of the electorate to hold those in or aspiring to hold public office to account and any who fails to measure up must never be allowed to hold public office. Never ever!
So in asking the people of Zimbabwe to sweep the pathetic past track record of leaders like Morgan Tsvangirai, Joice Mujuru and, God forbid, Robert Mugabe; you are asking the nation to do the very thing that have made freedom, human rights and democratic good governance a mirage.
If we want to live in a democratic Zimbabwe then we must start enforcing democratic standard today and not tomorrow or in 2018. After being denied our freedom, liberty, justice human rights and dignity all these years why wait another day? Freedom, liberty, etc. come with a price tag – it is our duty to understand these freedoms and rights and, if they should be denied, to defend and demand them back. What better way of demonstrating our worthiness of these freedoms and rights than by our vigilance, resolve and commitment to carrying out our duty in their defence; we must be prepared to put our very lives on the line if necessary because having lost all our other freedoms and rights we will have forfeited our right to life too.
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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