Opinion / Columnist
Zanu PF MP bragging over none existent improvements is proof of regime's continued indifference
29 Sep 2015 at 16:42hrs | Views
Highfields Zanu PF MP Psychology Maziwisa was elected in June 2015 and already he is boosting of improving the lives of the people in his constituency and angling for promotion into the bloated cabinet!
"So far, I have done the best that i can to look after the elderly, the widows, the orphans and to improve the general welfare of the people of Highfields through ensuring that there is water in places where there was no water at all and that council doesn't arbitrarily disconnect those who fail to pay on time," he said on his Twitter account.
Highfields must be the only island of progress in the whole country. So all the potholes have disappeared, there clean running water 24/7, whilst most suburbs are having up to 18 hours power cuts Highfields can have even the street lights on day and night if people want, unemployment is a whopping 90% plus nationwide but not in Highfields it has dropped to 9%, schools and clinics are operational and the staff are overpaid compared to everywhere else, etc. And it is all thanks to Highfields' new MP, Psychology Maziwisa's, hard work!
In the rest of the Zimbabwe we know of no running clean water, power cuts, companies closing, etc. one would expect MPs to be leading in accepting that the economic situation is socially and politically unsustainable and thus demanding radicle change of government policies. And so if MP Maziwisa is see progress although everyone else is seeing things getting worse he will be with those fighting to maintain the present economic policies and course.
When you look at the world through the tinted glass of a ministerial limo or through the eyes of a power hungry upstart like Maziwisa all potholes disappear and the whole world looks rosy. Whatever problems there were, they all disappear; there is nothing you cannot do. You view yourself as God's gift to the nation and how lucky the people are to have you as their leader.
Power and even more so absolute power gives you wings, you become infallible. Maziwisa has been in parliament for less than four months and already he sees no limit to his power to improve people's lives.
The danger is such people become so full of themselves and their ability they not accept that the people should be allowed judge their performance through a free, fair and democratic vote. This is why Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies have yet to hold free, fair and credible elections in the nation's 35 years of independence. They even have the cheek to argue they are denying the people the vote for the common good!
Many people believe that Zimbabwe will become a healthy democratic nation as soon as Mugabe steps off the political stage; they could not be more wrong.
Mugabe is the leader of corrupt and ruthless Zanu PF dictatorship, the visible ears of the hippo with of the rest of the ugly beast hidden by the muddy water. Mugabe has sired hundreds of thousands of corrupt and ruthless tyrants practicing their terror in their own little serfdoms. They are all itching to expand their spheres of influence regardless of the cost.
When Mugabe finally leaves the political stage even if that be in a box there will be half a dozen or more corrupt and murderous tyrants ready and willing to take his place.
Forcing Zanu PF to accept that the party has failed and should stop seeing all these imaginary improvement to people's lives and accept the need for economic and political change is not going to be easy. The party was forced to accept failure and change in the 2008 GPA because Mugabe had his back against the wall after the whole world reject that year's presidential run-off elections were anything but free and fair. We should have implemented the reforms back then if only MDC had not betrayed the nation.
Of course the country is facing a very serious economic meltdown; MP Maziwisa's claim that he is improving people's lives is just an example of Zanu PF leaders' indifference to the economic suffering the ordinary people. All he cares about is stay in power and be promoted deputy minister just as Mugabe himself does not care about the people as long as he remains president for life!
MP Psychology Maziwisa must have been named Psychotic or Psychopath because after four months in power he has already been transformed into a fully-fledged psychotic Zanu PF psychopath whose desire for power and wealth distorts reality. He is seeing social improvements to the lives of ordinary people when life is getting even worse. He is blowing his own trumpet of imaginary achievement is the usual tell-tale signs of an egotistic Zanu PF politician who will never allow the electoral the democratic say in a free vote.
The economic suffering brought on by the worsening economic meltdown may as well be happening in Mars. As for as Zanu PF leaders are concerned it is business as usual; Mugabe continues to pursue his president for life goal, Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe are fighting to takeover when Mugabe goes, Maziwisa has his glass eyes on ministerial appointment, etc.
"So far, I have done the best that i can to look after the elderly, the widows, the orphans and to improve the general welfare of the people of Highfields through ensuring that there is water in places where there was no water at all and that council doesn't arbitrarily disconnect those who fail to pay on time," he said on his Twitter account.
Highfields must be the only island of progress in the whole country. So all the potholes have disappeared, there clean running water 24/7, whilst most suburbs are having up to 18 hours power cuts Highfields can have even the street lights on day and night if people want, unemployment is a whopping 90% plus nationwide but not in Highfields it has dropped to 9%, schools and clinics are operational and the staff are overpaid compared to everywhere else, etc. And it is all thanks to Highfields' new MP, Psychology Maziwisa's, hard work!
In the rest of the Zimbabwe we know of no running clean water, power cuts, companies closing, etc. one would expect MPs to be leading in accepting that the economic situation is socially and politically unsustainable and thus demanding radicle change of government policies. And so if MP Maziwisa is see progress although everyone else is seeing things getting worse he will be with those fighting to maintain the present economic policies and course.
When you look at the world through the tinted glass of a ministerial limo or through the eyes of a power hungry upstart like Maziwisa all potholes disappear and the whole world looks rosy. Whatever problems there were, they all disappear; there is nothing you cannot do. You view yourself as God's gift to the nation and how lucky the people are to have you as their leader.
Power and even more so absolute power gives you wings, you become infallible. Maziwisa has been in parliament for less than four months and already he sees no limit to his power to improve people's lives.
The danger is such people become so full of themselves and their ability they not accept that the people should be allowed judge their performance through a free, fair and democratic vote. This is why Mugabe and his Zanu PF cronies have yet to hold free, fair and credible elections in the nation's 35 years of independence. They even have the cheek to argue they are denying the people the vote for the common good!
Many people believe that Zimbabwe will become a healthy democratic nation as soon as Mugabe steps off the political stage; they could not be more wrong.
Mugabe is the leader of corrupt and ruthless Zanu PF dictatorship, the visible ears of the hippo with of the rest of the ugly beast hidden by the muddy water. Mugabe has sired hundreds of thousands of corrupt and ruthless tyrants practicing their terror in their own little serfdoms. They are all itching to expand their spheres of influence regardless of the cost.
When Mugabe finally leaves the political stage even if that be in a box there will be half a dozen or more corrupt and murderous tyrants ready and willing to take his place.
Forcing Zanu PF to accept that the party has failed and should stop seeing all these imaginary improvement to people's lives and accept the need for economic and political change is not going to be easy. The party was forced to accept failure and change in the 2008 GPA because Mugabe had his back against the wall after the whole world reject that year's presidential run-off elections were anything but free and fair. We should have implemented the reforms back then if only MDC had not betrayed the nation.
Of course the country is facing a very serious economic meltdown; MP Maziwisa's claim that he is improving people's lives is just an example of Zanu PF leaders' indifference to the economic suffering the ordinary people. All he cares about is stay in power and be promoted deputy minister just as Mugabe himself does not care about the people as long as he remains president for life!
MP Psychology Maziwisa must have been named Psychotic or Psychopath because after four months in power he has already been transformed into a fully-fledged psychotic Zanu PF psychopath whose desire for power and wealth distorts reality. He is seeing social improvements to the lives of ordinary people when life is getting even worse. He is blowing his own trumpet of imaginary achievement is the usual tell-tale signs of an egotistic Zanu PF politician who will never allow the electoral the democratic say in a free vote.
The economic suffering brought on by the worsening economic meltdown may as well be happening in Mars. As for as Zanu PF leaders are concerned it is business as usual; Mugabe continues to pursue his president for life goal, Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe are fighting to takeover when Mugabe goes, Maziwisa has his glass eyes on ministerial appointment, etc.
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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